Words are Powerful, Choose Yours Wisely and Positively…

“Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.” ~ Pearl Strachan Hurd

It’s been eleven years since I underwent a laser surgery for my eyes. I had myopia or shortsightedness (where one can’t see distant things clearly). The power was quite high too, -7 in each eye. I wore thick glasses and as one of my college Professors once remarked, they always seemed to fall off my nose!

LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) surgery was becoming popular in India at that time and after consultation with an ophthalmologist, I decided to undergo surgery. I was working in an IT company at that time and sitting before the computer for more than 8 hours a day was a daily routine that could not be avoided. An immense strain to the eyes. The surgery seemed a great way to get rid of the thick falling glasses and reset the power to zero.

I admitted myself to the clinic where the surgery was to take place. It wasn’t until I was signing the papers (legal stuff) that the enormity of the situation dawned upon me. My EYES! My precious eyes! What a gift they are! What if something went wrong? My hands shook and I felt a slight tremor rock my body. Brushing away any negative thoughts that were trying to pop out furiously, I bravely (!?) walked into the operation room.

The actual surgery hardly took 10 minutes, 5 minutes for each eye.  I was wide awake through the entire process. Yeah, it sounds simple. But I had the most terrifying 10 minutes of my life.

First, they put some ring or something to hold my eye in place. They then added plenty of liquids/gels/eye drops into the eye. Well, that’s how it seemed to me then – as if they were flooding my eye. The eye is the most sensitive part of the body and I could feel my eyeball dancing around uncontrollably whenever something came near to it. 

All I remember next was that it was dark all around and all I could see were one GREEN light and one RED light.

The doctor advised me NOT to look at the RED light. If I looked at the red light, the operation wouldn’t be successful. Now, comes the best (???) part. My eyeball seemed to have a mind of its own. It was bent on doing what it was asked not to. It would wander towards the red light and I would try hard to pull it back towards the green light. Believe me, 5 minutes of nerve racking tension. And then another 5 minutes of the same for the other eye. The longest ten minutes of my life!

Thankfully, the surgery went off well and to this day, I have not worn glasses again. However, after the surgery when anyone asked me how the surgery went, I would involuntarily shudder. Some of my family members expressed interest in getting a LASIK surgery done themselves, but I did not encourage them. I would give all kinds of silly excuses and change the subject – “it’s expensive”, “why play with the eyes”, “you look good in the glasses”, “why don’t you get some contact lenses instead”, “your power is not so high”,… I couldn’t explain to them what I went through in those 10 minutes. Didn’t want to fill their minds with some prejudice! The only ones I must have shared the story were people who had perfect eye sight!

I have always wondered what it is with our brain/mind that it tries to do what it is told not to do? DON’T LOOK at the RED LIGHT, says the doctor and my mind wants to go look at the RED light no matter what. I had such a hard time pulling my eye ball away from THAT red light.

Those of you who have kids might understand this perhaps. Ever told your children not to do something and found them doing exactly the same thing you asked them not to – over and over again leaving you frustrated and wondering at your parenting skills?

Is it the MIND or is it the WORDS? What if the doctor had asked me to “LOOK at the GREEN LIGHT and stay CALM” instead of “Don’t look at the RED light, the operation WONT be successful”? Would I have reacted differently, well, I mean, would my eyeballs have given me a  less tougher time?

Last week, I was talking to my mom who had a laser operation on one of her eyes a few weeks ago. The retina was weak and the doctors recommended this surgery. Thankfully, technology has made vast leaps and bounds and there were no green or red lights.

However, the doctor advised her NOT to get stressed on any account. Guess what! For the last one month or so my mom has been trying hard NOT to get stressed and getting totally stressed out in the process. She’s a very strong lady, a source of strength to her family, and she found this very unnatural and was quite surprised at herself.

I was surprised too! That’s when I remembered my own experience with surgery. I recounted to her my story of the green and red lights and how she was “looking” at the red light in the process of trying “not” to look at the red light.  She realized what was happening and we had a good laugh over it … and  we both agreed that words do carry power! Something we all know about and also easily forget about! Don’t we?

Words are indeed very powerful. Every word has a certain vibration and whether we think or say or hear a certain word, the vibration of the word affects our subconscious powerfully.

Observe the words that you think, speak and hear often. Notice anything? Find a need to weed your vocabulary? Then, go ahead and do it. Choose your words wisely and positively…because words are indeed powerful!

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