What You Talk About

Talking and listening will be your best friend or your best enemy. How many times in your day do you find yourself talking? How many times in your day do you find yourself listening? Have you ever even thought about the amount of time you spend engaging in the art of language; whether it be in the form of speech, audio, or body? You probably spend much more time participating in chatter than you imagined.

With all your conversations, have you ever talked about, what you talk about? It’s a hunch that the answer is no. But, this is a great opportunity to talk about our talk. What do you talk about? If you start to take note with your words, what topics you typically gravitate towards, the tone of your conversations, the point of your conversations, or the purpose of your conversations…what are you saying without words? In other words, are your words and conversations producing life or are they idle? If words really are containers, are your containers half empty or half full?  

Maya Angelou would say that people will always tell you who they are, believe them. This is true. When you hear someone talk, they are speaking from a place that is truly within their heart. What is flowing out of it? They truly are using words to express their attitude on life, their thought process, their outlook on life, and essentially what to expect when you spend time with them.

How can talking and listening be your best enemy? When you start to realize that your speech and surroundings are negative, that negative will cause you to stop growing and will put limits on your life. Anything that subtracts from your life is your enemy.

How can talking and listening be your best friend? When you talk and surround yourself with uplifting and noble words and topics, it will create a positive shift in your core. Whatever you focus on grows, so if you focus on the positive, you will produce positive fruit in your life.

The process of changing your talking and listening skills may take time, but the process of change is worth it; you are worth it. It’s time to start talking… about what you talk about.