Eliminating faith words
I am making a concerted effort to eliminate "faith words" from my vocabulary. Words like belief, faith, luck, miracles, god-given, divine, and anointed. I am also trying to eliminate the use of phrases like 'I have faith that', 'I believe x', 'it's a miracle that', 'thank god that' and so on.
I want my words, thoughts, and actions to speak to what I know, and what I am learning to be true, rather than what I wish and hope to be true without knowledge or reason.
Instead of saying 'I have faith that...' I can say 'It would be wonderful if'. Instead of saying 'it's a miracle that...' I can say 'It is fortunate that'.
It's okay to hope for things. It's okay to believe something to be true. But I don't personally feel that it's okay to place hope and belief in the hands of something that doesn't exist. I want to exemplify that thought in my every day language. I want to be in charge of the hopes and beliefs I hold.