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To get rid of a bad odor, we must introduce a stronger scent to dispel it. We open the faucet of air and unhinge the knobs that traps the smell and we watch it disappear. It’s the same way to go about using powerful words that seek to change our lives.

Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words.

— Drake

Nasir Bin Oludara is a rapper whose first album many consider to be the best in Hip-Hop, and one of his popular songs is a song called “I Can.” Growing up as a kid, the song was one of the many songs that gave me an assurance that I could be anything I want to be. The way to turn our doubts into beliefs is to have an arsenal of powerful words that helps us deal with negative situations.

The power of words should never be underestimated. The best of scientists became great because someone told them they were not as dull as people had made them believe. Albert Einstein is one valid example. The movie Like Stars on Earth shows us how far a child can go when we let them know they are limitless. Many children have had their confidence so badly bruised that they end up becoming timid and underachieving adults because of the negative statements someone made them believe. It is not too late to use power words.

“I am intelligent.”

“I will make it.”

“I am beautiful.”

“I am enough.”

“I am a victor.”

“I am rich.”

Powerful words make powerful people. From Martin Luther to Muhammad Ali, all these great men of history had a reservoir of powerful words they used, and they were the best at what they did. We remember Ali today because of the belief he had in himself. Before every boxing match, he’d say with unhackneyed belief that he is the greatest to ever do it. He was never fazed by bigger and tougher opponents like George Foreman and Frazier. Before the world ever referred to him as the “greatest of all time,” he had always told himself that. He had defeated his mind with positive words by saying them to himself, and thus he became the man he set out to be. The man who has an arsenal of positive words has a powerful aura that draws men to him. In his mouth is heaven situated, and he operates on the frequency of heaven, because everything works together for his good. Positive words open doors that are locked to others. It is a plane of consciousness that translates to a powerful and successful reality.

I am as bright

as the sun’s harsh rays

on days when all the world is a dark alley;

I am a lamp

which nothing dims,

which no wind quenches,

which no storm turns to receding flickers.

I am a lamp

which burns brightly;

a lily with the loveliest of scent,

I burn my best for myself,

and for others…