Taking risks always comes with growing pains. New tests, barriers, delays, frustrations, impatience...

When the universe whispers in my ear to leave something, create something, to stand out in some way, to innovate, to push — I know that staying in my comfort zone is no longer an option. My comfort zones never last very long anyways. Those of us who understand the power of dharma realized long ago that running, avoiding, or settling simply aren’t viable options. The great work doesn’t come easily. It isn’t handed to us by someone or something else. Because we were built to be different. We were built to be strong.

So I leap. I accept. I sit in the discomfort zone with a half-smile on my face and a knowing in my heart that big things are coming.

And sometimes I take the opportunity with tears in my eyes, because I know my heart will need to break in order to heal and fortify itself to withstand the next level.

I can’t count the many times I’ve had to look fear in the eyes and reject his seductive dance. Or the times I’ve allowed resistance to test me until I waved it away with a shaky and uncertain hand.

This isn’t about walking away from your commitments. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Often it means standing strong in your commitments and gifts even when things seem uncertain or aren’t immediately rewarding. It means trusting the inner voice that guided you to that endeavor in the first place. When you trust yourself and you trust the process, you receive it back with abundance.

Yes, walk away from things that are unaligned, constricting, and cause suffering. But don’t simply abandon the growth process because the ego can’t stand uncertainty.

DIVE into the uncertainty and embrace it with open arms, because you believe in yourself. And then others can believe in you *because you won’t abandon them.* We are all here to serve in some way. We all chose this timeline.

I love you. I believe in you. I am waiting for you.

If you honor your word, you will build trust, develop lasting and meaningful relationships, create community, hold sacred space, manifest joy and prosperity, and elevate/expand your vibration.

Honoring your word means holding true to what you say and express — verbally or non-verbally, in writing or verbal communication. It means that your words, promises, and expressed intentions can be trusted by the recipient. They are a reflection of your highest self.

Your word is the energy from which all things are created through your vibrational field. Words that create a container to benefit self-only through manipulation or deception will create a negative shield that blocks prosperity and opportunity. And, if the recipient of deception takes their power back, the leaky container will drain prosperity until trust can be reestablished.

If your words don’t reflect your actual desires, then you are deceiving yourself, giving your power and joy away, and allowing the dishonest energy to linger in someone else’s field. Clear expression of your desires and intentions may cause temporary discomfort, but it will allow the energies of joy to reenter your field, and it will give others the power to create their own containers for prosperity.

Being true to your word is easy when your intention is for your highest good and the highest good of all. Meeting your commitments and responsibilities with honesty, grace, and truth creates a level of prosperity (i.e. the energy of attraction) that radiates from your auric field and invites opportunity from all directions.

If you want to protect your energy field from deception, say the following affirmations out loud: “I release all energies in and around my auric field that are not serving my highest good. My inner radiance creates an expansive and protective container that attracts prosperity and joy. I am keenly aware and discerning when someone is using their word for manipulative and deceptive purposes. I take my power back. I take my power back. I take my power back. And may it be so.”

Everything is energy, and truth/trust is a sacred key to that energy.