Want to change our life? We can start by changing our language.

Every word we think and speak — whether we say it to ourselves or others — shapes our experiences, creates our world and shapes our future.
Our word choices matter.

If we are feeling something intensely, one thing we can do is take a minute to consider what label we are going to give it. What feeling will we call it?
But don’t stop there: once we have identified it, try to come up with two more words that describe that feeling.

What experience do we want to have?
Or be left with? For ourselves or others?
What kind of person are we? What kind of person do we want to be?
What future are we shaping or creating?
What future do we want to create?
Or are we tearing it down through the words we are thinking or speaking?

Did you unearth a more profound emotion buried beneath the more obvious one?