Without the cross the Discipline of Confession would be merely therapeutic. But it is so much more. It involves an objective [a better word would have been "metaphysical"] change in our relationship with God and a subjective change in us. It is a means of healing and transforming the inner spirit.
The tongue is very powerful, so what you say really is, and I really believe that. So I just try to say good things, and then things like this happen.