Good Words Always Echo

I was listening to a radio show earlier this week and the host of the broadcast was speaking about the power of words.  In particular, she made a point to say that when you say good words about yourself or others, they tend to have an echo as they get repeated by others and it comes back to you in a positive way.  Conversely the same thing happens if you speak negatively about someone else or yourself.  If you are given a choice I think anyone would prefer to hear the good words come back to them rather than any bad ones.  Here is where one can make a conscience decision about what they speak and to whom they speak it to.  I have been a long proponent since my days long ago when I trained a module on excellence.  In that module there was a section dedicated to words and how powerful they are when you utilize them.  These days with technology all around us, the issue transcends into emailing, tweeting, instant messaging or other vehicles of communication of choice.  The tough part about this is that sometimes you feel that you want to say something that is in fact truthful about someone, yet it would be a negative statement if chosen to verbalize it.  One has to rise above that situation and lean towards the side of not wanting to fulfill the effect of bad words echoing later.  I have seen how quickly a downward spiral conversation can go from bad to worse when multiple people add their two cents of input into putting someone down.  With technology these days that input can be instantaneous and we have all seen what cyber bullying looks like by the sad stories that we see in the news when those instances have gone terribly wrong.  We can make a concerted effort to releasing words that have good intention and power behind them, while we combat the menacing world around us that may have a substantial preference to getting a reaction from people when the bad words are used instead.  The next time you think about saying something negative, I challenge you to find the one small nugget that may exist in that moment that could provide you with a more positive word to use instead.  Remember that we are the ones with the power to attract things to us and if we want our lives to be filled with a more peaceful existence, we can make those changes to get to that goal. Think about your words as if you were in a canyon where you release words into the air and the surrounding canyon brings them back to you via a powerful echo.  Take a proactive stance in what you attract to yourself and if you had not thought about it before, let the words that are emitted from your mouth be the beginning of that positive change when you choose to release good words instead.