The power of words

Has anyone ever wished on a star? I mean really wished, like you knew EXACTLY what you wanted and it was ready in your mind on the off chance that a star would fall from the sky at the exact moment you looked up? The kind of wish that you were kinda scared to say out loud? Say you have had this experience before, and you wished on this perfectly placed star. How did you feel when your friend, or brother or sister asked you what you wished for? You probably felt a little territorial, or protective of your dream. “I can’t tell you what I wished for or else it won’t come true!”

This is one experience that I recently couldn’t stop thinking about, why should we not speak our wish out for the world to hear? Why would it not come true if I said this out loud? None the less I don’t want to risk it lol and I’m positive I’m not the only one.

Before I get into what I really want to say in this blog let me give you another scenario.

I was just talking to my sister who recently graduated from college magma cum laude, aspiring to go to med school (shout out to my amazing sis) and I was telling her how proud of her I was and how excited I am for her next chapter to start. Her response naturally was “YAHHHH BOI, I’m really going to be a doctor” even though she is the one that chose to speak these words out of her mouth in this moment, her reaction to her words surprised me. She turned to me and said ” wow, Ive never said those words out loud because I didn’t want to jinx anything.” She seemed so caught off guard by her own choice to speak those words. This response really made me think. Why, if we say a wish out loud, should it not come true? Why, if we speak of our future endeavors out loud, is it being jinxed? Why are we so scared to speak of our huge, amazing, challenging dreams out loud! And that’s when it hit me. Our words hold so much power.

The definition of power is the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. I think one part is missing from this definition, I think words also have the capacity to direct and influence ourselves and the opportunities we bring to ourselves.

We are taught at a young age that we should dream! Dream the biggest you can, but at the same time we’re told that if we wish on a star we should keep it to ourselves. How different would the wold be if we decided to share our amazing dreams with people. Live with our dreams out loud instead of living with the fear that our dreams may not come true. I don’t know if anyone has ever told you, but you can control your dreams. You have the power to decide if they come true or not. We should be spreading this out to the world. Instead of “hello world, I’m Tosin and I have a dream” we should be saying “hello world, I’m Tosin and THIS is my dream, watch me werk!”

So the next time you have a dream and a Star happens to fall and you wish upon said star, don’t say your dream in your head, don’t even whisper it, SCREAM THAT SHIT! You never know what may happen 🙂 Stay chill my peeps and remember to just be.