In this moment, I am reflecting on the ways in which I believe that words are as powerful as they are. Words resonate with me. Overarchingly, my thoughts come in words. This morning and yesterday afternoon and evening, I read my words from years past, in email format. I recognize right now that through changing the words I use, I change my life experience. There are other factors through which I change my life experience, yet in my perception, words were/are prominent. By reducing and removing words of judgment or comparison from my language, I come to find that judgment and comparison are no longer the ways I see the world. By no longer consciously creating who I am based on the words I use (performing myself), I am now who I am based on my birthright to be who I am. By speaking my truths and removing shame from my self-association, I allow for myself to be unabashedly me.