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I want to talk to you today about how your words become your reality. You are where you are today in part because of what you've been saying about yourself. Words are like seeds. When you speak something out, you give life to what you're saying. If you continue to say it, eventually that can become a reality. Whether you realize it or not, you are prophesying your future. This is great when we're saying things like, I'm blessed. I'm strong. I will accomplish my dreams. I'm coming out of debt. That's not just being positive, y ou are prophesying victory, prophesying success, prophesying new levels. Your life will move in the direction of your words. But too many people go around prophesying just the opposite. They don't realize they are prophesying defeat. The scripture says "We will eat the fruit of our words" . You are planting seed when you talk. At some point, you're going to eat that fruit. Make sure you're planting the right ...

The monks under Buddha had a rule. They would only stay at one's home for maximum 3 days. This rule was passed by, by Buddha himself, in order to avoid trouble for the ones that serve them. When Buddha and his disciples travel across lands, they used to stay in poor households in villages for 3 days and it didn't bother anyone from giving them a place to take rest. All monks and Buddha himself find a home among many in these villages and at the end of the third day, they rejoin at the village square and continue to the path of seeking.  So one fine day they reached yet another one of these villages. As Buddha and his disciples were sorting for homes to stay, one of Buddha's disciple, Ananda, got invited by a prostitute to stay at her home. She was a young and beautiful women. Ananda told her that he was willing to stay but he would have to ask the Buddha first. The prostitute responded: " really, you need permission from your teacher?". "No", Ananda s...

It seems most times the problem we have with ourselves as humans is the problem of saying what is not yet ready to be put forth. We all seem to have this problem, and most times there are countless reasons why we do this: to make  people know that we are somebody who also has his own worth. We try to make ourselves look big, try to talk others down, and sometimes gain some respect aggressively, some God like reverence into ourselves we are ready to say everything that can be said to have a stand on a position that is of worth and make people see us as important too. And in the process, we say more than we actually should.  Have you ever thought of the Importance of the silence? Have you ever thought of why you have been given two lips and a brain to think? The main reason is for you to know by reasoning for the right time to talk and the right time not to. To be able to envisage when our words are needed to be heard, and when you have to be silent even when the situation an...