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The Power of Healthy Words (c)Copyright 2004 by Patricia Wagner

How would you like to improve how you relate to others and become more energetic at same time without having to purchase anything?

Here's a surprising truth - one of most powerful weapons to enhance your life is your own tongue!

A powerful pep zapper is distress over troubled relationships! Worrying about them can quickly siphon off needed energy. So why not try a more effective way to resolve these problems?

Here's a simple five-point plan for improving relationships and increasing your energy level at same time.

1. Practice speaking encouraging words instead of negative ones.

Concentrate on qualities in other people that you can affirm and dwell on those things instead of on their faults. This alone should do wonders in relieving stress in your relationships.

Doctors know that prolonged anxiety harms you, but healing words can soothe stress and a peaceful mind leads to improved physical health too.

What we say can have a permanent effect for good or for evil. Think back in your own life when someone encouraged you. You still remember what they said, don't you?

We store in our minds in a kind of mental art gallery what others have said to us. What words of yours would you like to have permanently installed in someone else's mind?

2. Avoid fueling verbal fires.

Since “imitation is highest form of flattery,” I am pleased to flatter one whose success I admire.

After all, I am after success. Originality is great, but reaching my goal is issue.

However, there are limits.

Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps, winner of six goal medals and eight overall, likes hip-hop.

Some even follow word “hip-hop” with “music.”

When asked, “What do you think about when you are in water?” he responds, “When I'm swimming one thing that's going through my head is doing anything I can to get my hand on wall first.

“Sometimes it doesn't always happen but there's always a positive thought in my mind.”

“And also I'm singing a song in my head ... whatever I was listening to before I got into water.”