Jane Collins
Apr 29, 2026
Words have always been fun for me. I enjoy words that sound funny or odd. I like looking up definitions of those words that are familiar but have a use that is unclear to me.
WORDS MATTER
Words have always been fun for me. I enjoy words that sound funny or odd. I like looking up definitions of those words that are familiar but have a use that is unclear to me. As a child I spent a good portion of thinking time visualizing words in my mind and rearranging the letters to see how many other words I could make with the same letters, and I have become quite good at it. It is a skill that goes unrecognized and unrewarded except when enjoying the Jumble quiz in the morning paper, or playing Scrabble.
But my interest in words has also grown in other ways. To my mind, each word carries an energy with it; some words uplift while others weaken. In my workshops on Finding Inspiration and in my courses I suggest using some words such as amazing, wonderful and grace. These words cannot be evaluated, processed or analyzed by the left brain hemisphere and allows the right brain to handle, opening the way for more inspiration.
It has been said that a psychologist, Emile Coue, created an affirmation to repeat for ten minutes every day, with the intent of believing it. The affirmation gives the subconscious mind the suggestions of improvement and optimism. Try it for a week or more and see if you notice any effects. The affirmation is:
Every day in every way, I’m getting better and better.
I created a variation:
Every minute of every day, I’m so much better in every way!
Words matter. Choose them carefully as you think and speak.