A kind, soft spoken word can change the course of our lives and touch those around us.  Though most of us rarely take time to think of how we speak and think language provides the one element that separates humanity from any other species.  Using the power of words to heal and uplift can make our world a better place.   “Words have a vibratory frequency,” says Reverend Rebecca Nagy.  “If you want to go back to any sacred text, they say we were created by the power of the word. Voice lifted in prayer is just about as high a vibration as you can get.  Especially when your heart is open and your mind is clear.”    

As one of the most active wedding ministers in Charlotte, NC, Nagy practices the use of vows and words to shape and transform our lives.  “We are constantly creating,” she says.  “The biggest tool we have to create with is the power of the word.  A word can uplift or to destroy,” she says.  The power of a positive mind over matter has kept her out of a wheelchair.  With a degenerative disc disease, she says she could have chosen to resign from being an active participant in her health and life, get a wheelchair and return to her parents’ home to live.  Instead, after twelve years of physical struggle and surgery, she recently left behind a leg brace and walks around on her own two feet.  “If we go around with the Eeyore [the donkey from Winnie the Pooh] complex, our attitude and the way we say the words will have an impact,” Nagy adds.  She notes that more people are calling her lately to say they’re depressed and feeling suicidal.  “They’re asking, ‘why am I here?’  I tell them don’t say that.  Words are power.”  She says, “You’re here to out-picture God’s love for us.’” She says the response from people suffering, is sometimes, “well, God’s not loving us very much right now.”  She answers them, “Don’t put this on God.  This is man buying into him or herself as a material being.  We’re not material.  We’re light.”  She suggests, “I am Love,” as an uplifting affirmation or mantra to repeat during trying moments.  She also advises cutting out newspapers, TV and other negative reading materials that pollute the mind and create negative feedback loops. What uplifting affirmation will you choose for today?

Bio: Debra Moffitt is author of Awake in the World: 108 Practices to Live a Divinely Inspired Life. A visionary, dreamer and teacher, she’s devoted to nurturing the spiritual in everyday life. She leads workshops on spiritual practices at the Sophia Institute and other venues in the U.S. and Europe. Her mind/body/spirit articles, essays and stories appear in publications around the globe and were broadcast by BBC World Services Radio. She has spent over fifteen years practicing meditation, working with dreams and doing spiritual practices. Visit her online at http://www.awakeintheworld.com.