I am sure you have heard someone say, “You are going to eat those words.”  It may sound like a different phrase to you, but in reality we do eat our words. What we say not only affects others, but it also affects us. I always try to use words in a proper way when I speak to people. They can encourage and give confidence to others. A right word spoken at the right time can actually be life-changing. We can literally increase our own joy by speaking right words. We can also upset ourselves by talking unnecessarily about our problems or things that have hurt us in relationships. Not too long ago I had a disappointing situation take place with someone I considered to be a close friend. I noticed that each time I talked about it, I would have a difficult time getting it off of my mind for the remainder of the day. I finally realized that if I wanted to get over it, I was going to have to stop mentally and verbally going over it again and again. People kept asking me about the situation out of concern, but I realized that I had to answer, “It is better for me if I just don’t talk about it.”

    The words that come out of our mouth go into our own ears as well as other people’s, and then they drop down into our soul where they give us either joy or sadness, peace or upset, depending on the types of words we have spoken. People don’t understand how this can hurt other people think about the situation before speaking to anyone about it. We talk a lot and quite often pay no attention to what we are saying, let alone think seriously about the impact of our words. If we are honest with ourselves, we may find that some of our bad moods are directly linked to our conversation. Even some of our problems can be linked to bad choices we make about what we say. I have many words that have inspired me in my life and helped me get through difficult situations. People don’t think about it sometimes, but you tend to use the same words in your daily life. Your words may not be the cause all of your problems, but they can cause a lot of them and they should be given a good deal of consideration when we are looking for answers to the problems we encounter in life.

My name is Makayla Troyer, I’m 20 years old. I’m from Tomball, TX. I have four brothers and one sister. I come from a really big family with a lot of drama. I am in the first semester of my freshman year in college. I decided to take it easy and go to Blinn first. I want to transfer over to Texas A&M later on down the road about 2 years from now.  Most of my family has graduated from A&M so it’s a family tradition so I’m trying to keep it in the family. I have huge dreams for my future I want to become a Physical therapist it has been my dream ever since I was little. I love helping people when they really need help getting the ability back to walk or move. I’m a very positive, outgoing person it’s the perfect job for me. I watched my mom work as a Physical therapist growing up so that’s what really made me choose this. It’s a lot of schooling but it’s so worth it.   

I graduated from Buffalo High School with about 72 kids in our class. I would always be at the football games cheering the boys on. I loved playing sports and being involved in the extracurricular activities. I played every sport we had it was keeping me really busy. Volleyball, track and softball was my favorite sports I didn’t really like basketball that much. I was also working 40 hours a week at Brookshire Brothers, I enjoyed working up there. Most people can’t say it but I love working. Hard work pays off in the end I have my own car and my own place. I like to stay busy I still made time to hang out with friends.