📚Chapter 6: Words can be wounds or lights

Words have power.

A single word from someone can leave you wounded for years.
Conversely, a single word can also save you.

"Are you okay?"
"You did your best."
"You don't have to push yourself."
"It's not just your fault."

Such words can remain deep in your heart and support you.

Words are invisible.
But they remain deeply in people's hearts.

That is precisely why words can also be frightening.

A word said casually.
A word treated like a joke.
A word thrown at you when you couldn't meet expectations.
Words you keep directing at yourself without even realizing it.

When these pile up, people gradually lose the ability to believe in themselves.

"I'm no good."
"It won't work out anyway."
"No one understands me."
"There's no point in trying."

When you repeat such words in your heart, they become your perspective before you know it.

However, a heart wounded by words can also be healed little by little with words.

They don't have to be grand words.
They don't have to be impressive words.

It is simply about choosing words that protect your current self just a little.

"This is enough for today."
"It's okay if I can't do everything."
"It's necessary to rest now."
"I will not abandon myself."

Place such words within yourself.

You might not believe them at first.
You might feel like they are just platitudes.
But the more someone has blamed themselves, the more they need to introduce different words little by little.

The words you use in your heart affect how you treat yourself.

If you only direct harsh words at yourself, your heart will wither.
If you direct gentle words at yourself little by little, your heart will regain its breath.

Words can be wounds.
But they can also be lights.

In a dark place, you don't always need a big light.
If you have one small light, you might be able to see your next step.

In this note, I want to leave behind words that can become such small lights.

So that they might reach someone's heart, even if just a little.

And so that the person who reads this can make the words they direct at themselves just a little kinder.

#PowerOfWords
#GentleWords
#HeartRecovery
#SelfDenial
#ProtectingYourself
#MentalCare
#CalmingTheHeart
#SavedByWords
#Essay
#LightOfWords

🌻Thank you for reading until the end.

Reducing the words that blame yourself and holding onto words that protect yourself.

I would be happy if you could read this when you need it.

For those who want to practice this more concretely,
I have also compiled a "7-Day Writing Workshop to Rebuild Your Heart."

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Chapter 7: "Looking not at what you have lost, but at what remains"

There is a need for time to gaze at what you have lost.

But if you keep looking only at what you have lost,
you may stop seeing even what still remains.

That you were able to wake up today.
That you can still put things into words.
That you still have a small desire to change.

Recovery begins from the small things that remain.