I can speak about the power of words not only through the knowledge I have acquired in recent years, I can also speak about the power of words through the different experiences I have lived.
First things first: the word itself is not powerful, everything behind it, the attitude, the intention, the intensity and many other things that give rise to a word generate a certain response or reaction to it, we must understand that there are fundamental principles such as: no word that comes out of our mouth is without any intention, this means that everything that comes out of our mouth has an intention.
This in turn leads us to think and reflect on what we say at certain times, for example: when we are angry, what words do we say? Surely you will notice that we use derogatory words, bad words, insults and many similar words. In the same way, in the case of wanting to say nice things, for example: you say nice things to a girlfriend or boyfriend to show them what is in your heart, you want to reveal your feelings through the words you express.
Understanding all this we can affirm that words do have power because they carry intention with them.
I'm talking about this because today I've had another experience with regard to verbal language. Today we arrived at the club where we use the pool to swim, to recreate and have fun as a family. I'm teaching my youngest daughter some techniques to learn to swim, to float and some other things. A week ago I told her that I would register her to start her swimming classes, to which she was totally opposed. Today when I arrived at the club and greeted the teachers I told them both in front of my daughter: "teacher, my daughter will start classes with you." At that very moment my daughter lowered her head and began to cry, she told me through her teeth and crying "I don't want to." After that she didn't stop crying and telling me that she didn't want to start swimming classes. I asked her many times why. After asking her more specific questions she answered that she doesn't want to participate in the classes because she's afraid but she doesn't know what.
At that point I stopped insisting and decided to continue teaching them, understanding that she was very willing to let me teach her. At one point she proposed a negotiation: "Dad, if I listen to you and do everything you ask me to do so that I learn to swim, promise me that I will not start classes," at that point I said no, let's enjoy this moment and not think about it. She insisted several times and I did not continue with the subject. I suggested that we do another activity. After about 10 minutes we started more complex tests such as touching the bottom of the deepest part, accompanying her to float in the deepest part of the pool and at one point she crossed approximately 20 m swimming alone through the deepest part. After all that I really showed her that it was very simple and that she was very capable of achieving all the most difficult things in a very simple way. We played a little more, I used positive and encouraging language and at the end of the activity her comment, full of happiness and smiles, was the following: "Dad, now I'm ready to start classes."
This was again a great lesson for me, to put positive language into practice and accompany it with actions that motivate and stimulate certain actions. Today I end the day very happy and content with the results I had in this regard. Have you had any similar experiences?