Hi Everyone,
Welcome to my blog. The official site of Word Vibration of the Week (WVOW). My intention for this blog is to create a community where we can share our thoughts and ideas about how words resonant with our energy. I look forward to your comments and our discussions.
Today I pulled the word SELFISH for week 10 of Word Vibration of the Week. For those of you familiar with these posts, please feel free to jump to the next paragraph. For those of you new to my posts here is a brief description of Word Vibration of the Week (WVOW).
I have always been fascinated with the idea that words carry a certain vibration, an energy of their own. My fascination is fueled by the idea that two words having similar meanings can feel vastly different energetically. I wanted to know how particular words landed on other people. Do they feel a word’s individual character like I do? Do other people notice how the words we use, in large part, create the experience we are having? I decided to write random words, 103 to be exact, on pieces of paper. I folded them into little squares and tossed them into a bowl. Each week I will draw a new word and post how this word feels to me, energetically. These words are the basis for my interactive post(s), “Word Vibration of the Week.” I invite you to join me each week and share how each WVOW lands on you.
Week #10 – SELFISH.
Initially, the energy of the word SELFISH lands harsh on me. I think of how it feels when somebody’s wants and desires supersede my own. I feel resistance and a sense of confusion, “Don’t my needs matter?” Truth is SELFISH is a word that, for me, requires delicate balance.
In many ways I know I am SELFISH. I am and have always been a single woman. My first consideration is about me (and my pooch, Lucky). I do what I want, when I want to. As I matured I have watched my friends and family chase career goals, get married, have kids. The whole time I thought to myself “I don’t want to give up that much of my time taking care of other people.” I know it’s important to take care of “others” yet I know it’s equally important to consider my needs.
Webster’s Dictionary defines SELFISH as having or showing concern only for yourself and not for the needs or feelings of other people. I think Webster may have let me off the SELFISH hook. I do care about the needs of others. My life’s work is to empower others to be exactly what they want to be. I know without a shadow of a doubt that a balanced focus on “self” is required to manifest one’s dreams.
How does the word SELFISH resonate with you?
I look forward to your thoughts.
As always, in light and with love,
Teri Hunter
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Hi Teri,
Personally, the word “selfish” puts me on the defensive. In general, I don’t think anyone has a right to call anyone else that word. Is it selfish to take responsibility for meeting your own needs, or is it more selfish to have unreasonable expectations of others and insist that they meet your needs for you? Also, it’s unfair to hurl that accusation at someone when you haven’t lived in their shoes and don’t understand their situation. Who is anyone to judge others?
From my perspective, calling someone selfish is a manipulative insult. On the two occasions in my life that I was called selfish, ironically, it was by two different women (my mother and a co-worker) who are known (by me and plenty of others) as being difficult, strong willed and pushy when it comes to getting their way. Both were angry with me, because I apparently didn’t do what they had wanted me to do (somehow they felt that I was obligated to do their bidding), and yet I was dealing with my own challenges at the time and barely managing.
Whether or not a person ever commits a selfish act in their life, doesn’t automatically define the kind of person they are. In my opinion, truly selfish people (as per the dictionary definition) either don’t have many friends, hang out with people who are just as selfish as they are, or are master manipulators.
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Karen,
Thank you for your response. I could actually feel the way the word SELFISH hits you energetically. And that is exactly why I wanted to start this blog. So we, as a community, can see the correlation between our thoughts manifesting in our words and energetically conceiving our next experience. I loved your reply. Thank you!!!!!
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