By Robin Volker

A boy fell head over heels for a girl who lived down the lane.  The problem was, every time he got around her, his knees shook, and he stammered when he tried to talk to her.   He just didn't have a clue how to talk to a girl, especially one he really liked.

One day he went into town and followed another boy, who was known for his ability to court the opposite sex, in attempt to pick up some tips.  The first boy listened as the second boy looked deep into the eyes of his girlfriend and said, "Your beauty could make time stand still."

"That's it!" the first boy cried, and he rushed back home to find his special girl.   Upon finding her, he took her by the hand and led her out to a beautiful spot under an apple tree.  There he looked deep into her eyes and said, "Your face could stop a clock."

Ruth Bebermeyer, who worked and studied with Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, the founder of Nonviolent Communication, wrote a song that says, "Words are windows, or they're walls."   The boy in our story desired to open the window of his heart to her special girl; instead, he put up a wall. 

Our words have power.  They have the power to heal or to hurt.   In New Thought practices, we say, "Change your thinking, change your life."   We could also say, "Choose your words, choose your life." 

In all cultures and religious traditions words have power.   In the Gospel of John, the Bible reads, "In the beginning was the Word…." This refers to the creative energy behind verbal expression.  This energy is a result of thoughts we have been harboring in our mind.  When this energy is released with the power of the breath, it causes a vibration, that attracts corresponding vibration within us and around us.   The words we speak, along with the thoughts that are behind them, can work for us or against us.   This has a powerful influence on how we experience our world. 

This week, pay attention to your words.  Use them to create the world you desire and not to "stop a clock."

Namaste`

Rev. Robin