Who am I?

My voice is my power.  My voice gives me the confidence to be who I am.  It is made up of every little bit of me: every experience, every hurt, every happiness, every yes, every no, every failure and every success.

My voice is me.

I wonder if it has taken me a long time to find my voice or has that time passed and now I have the confidence to use my voice.  I feel the latter is true because that voice has always been there.  The voice has sometimes been quiet and there are times when it has been loud that it has been negative.  In fact, when it was at its loudest, it seemed to be always negative.  I had allowed negative thoughts, emotions, and feelings to crowd out my voice.  But I have made a change.

I have made a choice to quieten the negative, the fears and the perceived failings.  I’ve made a choice for the positive voice to shout down the negative.  It’s not a new voice, it is just one that has taken on a new perspective.  I’m permitting the positivity to take over, to be in control; it is time.  The voice is now full of positive language, thoughts and energy.  The ideas remain the same but the words and tone used to express them are more positively weighted.

The power of our words is immense.  Whether they are the words we use to speak with others or the ones we use to speak to ourselves, they have power.  Once we realise this, we can start to harness that power and control the voice.  Our self-talk can be our biggest supporter and will us to succeed, to be the best version of ourselves, to embrace the positivity.

When we control our voice, we take control of our success.  We take control of who we present to the world and how we influence it.