As you well know from my previous post, My One Word for 2011 is Speak. Today is day 3 of paying attention to all things that are spoken out of my mouth & it's been very enlightening to say the least. It seems that somehow just proclaiming my word has caused my brain to stop & dwell on the words before they exit my lips, and for this new ability, I am truly grateful.
Day 1 was quite easy since I worked from home, had no phone calls & only had my cats to conversate with...let's just say there was not much pull to speak in the negative since my cats are pretty content creatures :)
Day 2 was my first day back to the office since my vacation began on 12/23, so I was very well-rested, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed & raring to go! Even with the crazy amount of emails, help desk tickets, calls from accounting, meetings with accounting...all in all, the vibe of the day stayed on a positive note. It's definitely amazing what a vacation & some rest can do for your daily outlook!
Day 3 (today) did not start out quite as highly cheery as yesterday, but still on the positive side. There were opportunities to join in office complaining sessions, but amazingly enough the words were halted, pondered & squelched...in that order :) This makes me a happy camper!
As we all know, it takes 21 days to stop, start or change any habit; here's hoping that by the 3rd week of January all negative words will be erradicated from my speech. In 2011 I want to speak words of love, peace, joy, comfort, strength, prosperity, faith and patience - not only over myself but over those I come in contact with.
Psalm 141:3
Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.
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