Words to live by
I’ve always loved words. Splattered in books or spoken in films. I’ve had words adorning my bedroom walls on posters. I used to love the words of songs that were printed and included in CD albums. Do they even do that anymore? I can’t be the only one that spent days reading them out loud.
I used toprint out quotes and stories and scripts and stick them on noticeboards and inpicture frames, comforted by the sentences strung together by someone who feltthe same as I did. Someone else could say the things I couldn’t speak. Theysaid the words for me. And now, the more I study words and storytelling, themore I read, the more I know how incredibly powerful words are. Do you knowwhat I mean friend?
If wedefine ourselves by cheap words, if we talk about ourselves negatively or evenworse when we speak about others with unfriendly words, we are choosing to useour words to shut people down. To make them feel small. Use words to be kind. Some words have so much energy. You can feelit when you say them out loud. I want to fill my life with words that upliftand support people, words that bring energy to a room. I want to use the powerof my words for good.
These are my favourite 4 words.
Wordsthat made me feel good and positive. Like I can take on the world. I neededsome positive words this week and I hope these words become some of yourfavourites too!
Self-efficacy – when you truly believe you have the skillsand the means necessary to succeed.
Limitless – there is no limit to what you can achieve,it goes on and on and on.
Synchronicity – “meaningful coincidences’”. The idea thatthings happen for a reason and the universe is conspiring to make things happenfor you.
Authenticity – when you google the definition for thisword, you’ll see genuine, based on faces, truthful, true to the original. Ilove this word because I’d like my life to be defined as authentic. To liveauthentically. To tell the truth with my life.
Alongside my travel reflection cards, I wanted to create some art prints that reflected some of the ideas, the images and the lessons I’ve learnt from travel. Some art prints that reflect my love of words. I wanted these words to be pinned to mirrors, hung on doors, framed and put on desks or bookshelves. I wanted to see what my words looked like blown up and made to look pretty. I want these words to support you, inspire you or encourage you. I’m really happy to say my prints are now live on my Esty shop. I’m working on some new pictures over the next few weeks so I can show them off but for now here are my art prints…
They areall made from recycled A5 heavy card, packaged in a handmade recycled mapenvelope.
Dimensions:14.8 x 21 cm
– Thisproduct is 325-micron postcard board (equivalent to 300gsm).
– 100%recycled board which has an uncoated, natural unbleached surface.
Have a look at the rest of A5prints here
Wordshave so much power. They can define who we are, they break hearts andminds and they can change the world. What words do you want to surroundyourself with? What words do you want stuck to your walls?