Watch
Your But
"Everyone
I know has a big but."
Peewee Herman, Peewee's Big Adventure
Those
infamous words, although spoken in jest, hold much wisdom. In the
movie, Peewee's Big Adventure, he's responding to a young
woman who has been giving him excuse after excuse about why she
isn't living her life's dream. She is clear about what she wants
to do... BUT.
"But"
is an interesting word in that it has only one purpose, and that
is to deny or negate whatever preceeded it in a sentence.
Remember the last time someone said "but" to you. At the
beginning of a sentence the other person agreed with you BUT what
came after that tiny word is a denial of the agreeing that came
before it.
The
ever popular "Yeah, but" is a way too common example of
the use of "but". "Yeah" is interpreted as "I
agree with you" and then comes the key word "but",
after which come the hows and whys they disagree with you.
Why
is this such an important issue that I'm writing an entire article
about it? Because the word "but" is exclusive, opposing,
separative, and antagonistic. The words we use influence the way
we think and the way we think affects the emotions we feel and the
emotions we feel affect our actions. At this time in our human evolution
we are beginning our shift from male competitive energy to female
cooperative energy. Working together in harmony rather than being
in competition against one another. Our language needs to reflect
harmony rather than competition and separation.
This
is where a tiny, important alternate word comes into play. That
word is AND.
Simply
by substituting the word "and" for the word "but"
you change the meaning of the sentence by which you're communicating
with another. It then becomes a message of including and allowing
two differing subjects, thoughts, or opinions to exist together
in harmony with one another.
Aha!
Did you hear that? You just had a BUT thought didn't you? You thought
something like "Yeah, well it all sounds good BUT I can't see
how it will change anything." Try this: Repeat that thought
again, paying attention to how you feel after you say it. Then repeat
it once again, this time substituting AND for BUT. As you do so,
pay attention to how you feel. Notice the difference? You probably
felt a little lighter after the second version using AND.
AND
remember that thoughts affect how you feel emotionally and the emotions
you feel affect how you respond and react to your world.
Peace
AND Love,
Kathy
ps.
If you want to experience how powerfully words affect how you feel,
try using "miffed" to describe how you feel the next time
you're on an angry rampage.
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