Thoughts Become Words Become Things

Yesteday, I had an interesting experience with our Epiphany Community at SC DJJ. This is a ministry in which we share the love of Jesus Christ with incarerated youth. A friend of ours presented a program on the power of our words. Before words are spoken, however, they are thoughts. So the question to ask is where do thoughts come from? We cannot experience them with any of our five senses. They are first recognized by our brain. As my 4 1/2 year-old grandson said the other day, "Nana, it's all about the brain." How true this is.

When we consider that God simply spoke and all of creation came to be, we can start to consider the power in thoughts and words. If we but look at recent history, we can see some amazing examples of how thoughts become words which set into motion the actions that produced powerful results. An example is President John F. Kennedy's speech describing his vision of a man on the moon before the end of the decade. As a result, others caught the vision, and we just celebrated the 40th anniversary of that feat.

Another example is Martin Luther King, Jr. The civil rights movement itself started as a thought which became words, which ignited the vision and determination of a nation to end segregation and foster equal rights for all people. This is powerful stuff resulting from thoughts. I mentioned some positive examples but there have been negative examples as well. One of the most horrible of course was the Holocaust. Angry, hate-filled thoughts resulted in the murder of millions of people.

Reflecting on how powerful our words can be should cause us to examine our thoughts before turning them into spoken words. Our thoughts come from the people we associate with, the books we read, and the movies we watch. With this in mind, we really need to take great care that we associate with people who we admire and who speak the truth. Also, we must fill our minds, from which our thougts emerge, with material that results in growth and abundance. Focusing on positive, loving ideas begets thoughts of speaking and acting in loving and positive ways.

There are plenty of negative words resulting in fear, anger, and isolation in the world today. Since I have freedom to control what I think and say, I choose to fill my mind with powerful, positive thougts. A powerful example of positive thoughts resulting in a powerful result occurred just this past week at a conference sponsored by our company, Liberty League International. Erik Wahl was a speaker there who paints as he speaks. As a result, he produced some lovely paintings. Three people were admiring the paintings and thinking how wonderful they would be to own. Then one had a thought about using them to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. She shared the thought and a project took form. 2 days later, the paintings were auctioned with $179,034 being raised and donated to Make-a-Wish of Hawaii.

For a thought to become powerful, it must be shared and acted upon. Then miracles can happen. Let's all be grateful for thoughts, words, and the wisdom to share those that are beneficial. "A wise man's heart guides his mouth and makes his lips persuasive." Proverbs 16:23 Lets all celebrate our ability to impact the world in a powerfully abundant way by our thoughts and words.

It's All About the Journey

Abundance is not a destination. Rather abundance is to be experienced on each step of our journey through life. As we live each day, we must learn to recognize all the abundance in our surroundings. There is no scarcity of thoughts to think, ideas to create, or money to make. So remember, it's all about the journey. With deliberate focus, we can learn to appreciate so many possibilities and blessings in our lives.

One of my favorite ways to change my mindset from feeling negative to feeling positive is simply to name things I am grateful for. This exercise causes me to look at my abundance rather than at my lack. Pretty soon I begin to realize just how blessed I am. After all, I actually had nothing to do with my existance. I was created by the same God who created every other living and non-living object. Not only that, but he created billions of creatures just like me. I say "just like me" meaning we all are homo sapiens, but in reality we are each quite unique. How can He keep coming up with different variations on the same theme?

Are you beginning to see how this works? When you start to notice abundance and blessing in one area, you suddenly become aware of blessings everywhere. Focusing on blessings instead of lack immediately affects one's emotional state. As humans, and especially as humans in the western world, we are blessed beyond measure. We have so many opportunities to enjoy life and achieve anything we aspire to achieve.

I personally have always been blessed in many ways - with health, relationships, and material abundance. This rose to a new level when Ed and I were looking for a way to increase our earnings and at the same time have more time to do things we enjoy doing. That's when we discovered Liberty League International. By marrying a home based direct sales approach with personal development, this company has zeroed in on the fastest growing industries in our country. The goal of the company leaders is to help more people become millionaires than any other company in the world.

Shane Krider, one of the company co-founders, said just today, "Money is one thing in life you should not have to worry about." He made this statement on our monthly visionaries conference call. I agree, don't you? Wealth gives you so many more options in life. So if you're looking to make a change and to avail yourself and your family of the abundance in our world, contact us. Remember, it's all about the journey, and we are committed to helping you have a very abundant journey.

To Your Abundance,
Sandra Hayes
1-800-852-7695
shayes76@bellsouth.net