My thoughts today as I breathe in the fresh air of the Berkshires, listen to the gentle sounds of nature waking up, and reflect on words that I have transmitted and received.

Words have resonance and vibration that affect the transmitter, the receiver, and the space. Energetically, the vibration is released into the cosmos… shape shifting the energetic field of the world.
Just as our thoughts affect our actions, and shape the manifestation of our reality, spoken words have an effect that goes way beyond the moment. 

I do not have a cellular understanding of the word ‘hate’ in my body. To my ears, the word sounds harsh, out of sync and dark. In my life, I have chosen not to use the word, as it does not resonate with my reality feeling. There are many things I ‘do not like,’ ‘can’t stand to do,’ ‘disgust me’… yet, do I feel the word ‘hate’ in my body, in my heart? No. That feeling is beyond my understanding… and I’m grateful.
By choosing to not express hatred, or use ‘hate’ in my language, I am making a conscious choice to shift the energy, to shape-shift my being, and ultimately to send a different energy into the cosmos.

I am choosing a different reality… infused with the emotion of love and the words that resonate with the energy of love. 
Below, Madisyn speaks of another word to reflect on.
It is all love… the word of creation, acceptance, gratitude… Adelle

Failure
Choose Your Words

All you have to do is speak or read the word failure and see how it makes you feel.
The word failure puts forward a very simplistic way of thinking that allows for only two possibilities: failure or success. Few things in the universe are black and white, yet much of our language reads as if they are. The word failure signifies a paradigm in which all subtlety is lost. When we regard something we have done, or ourselves, as a failure, we lose our ability to see the truth, which is no doubt considerably more complex. In addition, we hurt ourselves. All you have to do is speak or read the word failure and see how it makes you feel.

At some point, the word may not have been so loaded with the weight of negativity, and it simply referred to something that did not go according to plan. Unfortunately, in our culture it is often used very negatively, such as when a person is labeled a failure, even though it is impossible for something as vast and subtle as a human being to be reduced in such a way. It also acts as a deterrent, scaring us from taking risks for fear of failure. It has somehow come to represent the worst possible outcome. Failure is a word so burdened with fearful and unconscious energy that we can all benefit from consciously examining our use of it, because the language we use influences the way we think and feel.

Next time you feel like a failure or fear failure, know that you are under the influence of an outmoded way of perceiving the world. When the world failure comes up, it’s a call for us to apply a more enlightened consciousness to the matter at hand. When you are consciously aware of the word and its baggage you will not fall victim to its darkness. In your own use of language, you may choose to stop using the word failure altogether. This might encourage you to articulate more clearly the truth of the situation, opening your mind to subtleties and possibilities the word failure would never have allowed.