Our Language Betrays Us…

False starts, a lotta false starts are the way one might look at the experiments in life when fixated on micro outcomes rather than the experience of it all. It’s hard to be a big picture thinker if priority is placed on details and prompt satisfaction.

“Little wins” is a phrase I noticed started creeping into my vocabulary recently and frankly I’m not too thrilled about it. It’s as if I’m extinguishing the celebration of the milestone or achievement. And again, just the other day a friend of mine caught himself saying “just” as a precursor to the subject we were talking about and began to profusely apologize.

My takeaway? Without care and intention, our language betrays us.

Some might call it “framing”, “story telling”, “internal narrative”, “self talk” etc. just to name a few. And I know you know there’s information out there about how you talk to yourself influences how you show up in the world for yourself and those around you.

I catch myself slipping into placing a higher priority on the language of others when I keep myself busy and distracted from my own thoughts… and my language is a dead give away.

Maybe the change of seasons here in South Dakota is a good and natural time to slow down and reflect a bit more, or to settle into a personal season of willingness to choose a new tone.

Where is your language taking you?

What are you saying that might be a window into your true thoughts and feelings?

Do you want to change it?