WORDS

This is another favorite place I love to sit and read, especially this time of year when the windows are open and the Spring breeze is so lovely. My cat Mittens is eighteen years old, she is an old world traveler. She was born in Princeton, New Jersey then moved to our first home in Hong Kong and to our second home near the beach. She moved to Oakville, Ontario and then to Toronto to enjoy a large home with our late dog Twinks. Mittens moved back to Princeton to our tiny condo, with the family and nine hamsters. Now she is finally settled in our home of five years with our two dogs Samantha and Cocoa. She still loves it when I read. She used to snuggle when I read to the girls, or when my husband and I would read in bed, there she would be. When you open a book, Mittens the bookworm is very nearby to listen to the words spoken, or to relish in the peace found in the silence of words read.



I love to collect words. I keep them in journals and computer files and on scattered bits of papers found in books and calendars. I tuck notes safely in special places in my home and car, just in case I might need encouragement along the way. When words are strung together in just the right stream, poetry is born. Awesome speeches ring in the ears of millions, a beautiful story is told, we learn a fact that changes our lives. Encouraging words become a thought that dances around an otherwise hopeless situation.

Words...we wake up to them speaking to us in the morning and whispering to us before we fall fast asleep. Words can warn us, as we hear words that contradict the truth in our hearts. Words can change a melody into a grand praise celebration, or a melancholy lyric can make us feel sad. Lovely words dance in our minds and paint encouragement, inspiration and dreams. Words are the gift that was meant to receive and give away.

Words encourage us to march on, or deplete us of our energy. Words warn us of impending dangers or entice us into trouble. Words enchant the brokenhearted and mend relationships of every kind. Words can paint a picture, they can make us cry or create a new invention or give birth to a new idea.




Words are a special gift from God to manifest our reality. It is our choice how we use our words. We can listen to the small inner voice and take part in the whole of creation. Whenever I am around people who speak negative or critical words, I replace those words with positive, uplifting ones to find my balance.



God gave us his word to teach us and to encourage us. We can continue to create beauty and love, using our words as our paint brush, to plant a word seed that will bloom into a positive blanket of inspiration.

Words can make us better people, encouraging us to reach our dreams. Careless words spoken and taken to heart can keep us from becoming what God intended us to be.

Words are so powerful, here are just a few:

imagine
dream
believe
hope
love
possibility

Let these words dance in your mind without experiencing a dose of joy romping within your heart. Breathe in the oxygen and power that they are meant to give, to use as stepping stones towards attaining your heart's desire.

I pray every day for God to guide my mind and my mouth. To use the gift of words to encourage, love and support those around me. I ask God to help me not to be careless with these treasures. Most of all I thank God every day for giving me the free will to use the gift of words to manifest the truth and to create my life.


I think that Miss Mittens is a very wise cat, as she rests waiting for someone, anyone to open up a book so that she can snuggle and read along too, or just purr amongst the peace.


I know that we can create a wonderful place for ourselves and those around us by giving the gift of words. I love reading poetry and those incredible authors that make the words that they string together seem like a melody. Maya Angelo, who composes glorious streams of words in her poetry for the world to savour and enjoy said it best:

“LIFE IS NOT ONLY TO BE LIVED, BUT TO BE CREATED."

I want to create my life with beautiful words, words to dance with and words to share, and most of all words to use to inspire others. The song for this post is Thankful by Josh Groban. When he wraps his beautiful voice around the words of a song he celebrates words, and as I listen he takes each word and comforts my soul.