Language helps us make a difference because it has power, through this resource we not only describe realities, but also generate them.
A word is never neutral; leaves its mark and leads us to action. Our voice, in turn, creates links or establishes distances, clarifies ideas, reaffirms us in certain positions and allows us to shape our identity.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein.
- A well-known philosopher.
- Mathematician and linguist.
- Said that the limits of the world are marked by our language.
- This expression.
- Somewhat disturbing at first.
- Contains curious evidence.
Our reality is known and described by the words we use every day; for example, we call orphans children who have lost their parents; we call widowers or widowers who have lost their spouse.
However, in many languages, we do not yet name parents who have lost their children, or those who have lost a brother or sister.
Therefore, there is a void in our reality, there are invisible entities and sufferings that need a name, yet they happen every day anywhere in the world.
In addition, we all experience emotions that do not yet have a name, we experience sensations, concerns and pleasures that do not always have their name in dictionaries.
We see details in nature and in everyday life that our minds cannot express through language, but they are always there.
Therefore, sometimes one wonders with some strangeness whether anyone has ever felt it, if it is lawful to live this suffering that is not described in the books, which is unlabeled, has no sex, has no tension.
“A revolutionary is the one who can revolutionize himself. “Ludwig Wittgenstein?
Language helps us make a difference. However, for this to happen, it is necessary to follow certain steps, strategies that will allow us to generate changes and more complete and happy realities.
We already know that what has no name does not seem to exist or be relegated to a space of uncertainty, where you are facing your own problems.
So what linguists tell us is that language doesn’t determine thinking. That is, as we have said before, there are many sensations and experiences that have not yet been translated into words.
However, we know that from a psychological point of view, language encourages us to act, to make a difference if we implement the following decrees.
Paul Anwandter, well-known author of several books on coaching and specialist in neurolinguistic programming, notes: Humans are created through language.
You’re what you say about yourself, what you say you’re going to do, how you describe and communicate with others. You are also the one who chooses to shut up and the one who chooses to say.
So, knowing this, we have an opportunity at our fingertips: to transform ourselves through language, for this we can respond to the following dimensions:
Language helps us make a difference because it has a transformative power, in addition, it generates opportunities, reaffirms our position and motivates us to be more persistent, to better understand this idea, let’s give some examples:
If we want to make changes, if we want to feel better, solve a problem or achieve a goal, we need an internal compass, a compass calibrated to the north, where trust and action are, if we do not commit, be constant and persistent, there will be no movement.
Language helps us make a difference when we are brave, we must be prepared to claim what we want without fear, clearly explaining what we do not want, persevering in the face of difficulties and encouraging us with nurturing words.
In conclusion, let’s not hesitate to name what we feel and want, language is our best action tool. We need to use it to build better relationships, solve problems, and always be consistent with what we think and do.