I Believe In Love

For the longest time, I thought being born on Valentine’s day, sucked. Yeah, it’s a holiday full of love and for those without a partner or sweetheart… it sucks. However one thing I have learned from my birthday holiday …. It’s joyful meaning of what love is to each of us, how it makes us feel and how it reflects and moves us throughout our daily life.

I have also learned a great lesson. I asked… Do I love myself enough to share myself with another? Or Do I try to find love from someone else to fill the emptiness I have within me? Ask yourself those questions for a moment.

I do love myself. I care very much what happens to me. I believe in myself so strongly that I can share myself with someone now. Something I had to learn. First ask if you like yourself? If you don’t, what makes you ready to receive love? You can’t find this in someone else and that’s an expectation to high to place on someone. Hey we’ve all been lonely one time or another. But why settle for just anyone? Why not take the time and know what you want by caring enough and loving yourself to achieve all the things you want to do in life. This loving self kindness some of us lack makes this process difficult because we are so programmed to settle for ‘whatever comes along’ to fill the holes in our hearts.
 Been there done that and better myself as a person to know that loving myself and taking care of myself brings happier results. I had mentioned in my blog ‘The Art of Letting Go’ just that. Letting go of past habits and cleaning your inner self takes time if you are willing to do the work. Learning to forgive yourself and not repeat the same mistakes, learning to really listen to yourself does help. Why kick yourself in the ass for rushing into something you know may not be in your immediate forecast. If you don’t take the time to know yourself, do you take the time to know the other person well enough to say you care or even love them. Or what if the other person tell you in a short amount of time that they ‘love’ you. Do you question this rush? Did you have this profound connection? Are you ready to receive and will to give of yourself?
Love happens when you least expect it. I wasn't looking. It just happened. Why? Because I love myself and care so much what happens to me…that I can share myself with someone else. I feel we are on the same page and feel we can grow together inwardly. Sharing our feelings hopes and dreams, our day to day realities and challenges, joys - just being are true selves with each other. All of this comes from our heart.

 Our heart takes risks every day. With friends, coworkers family as well as those we eye on for partners. Love is a powerful and beautiful force, yet gentle and innocent if it holds true to those putting it out. Yeah we get stepped on, bitter after a break up. But eventually bounce back because our nature to love is there. We are loving beings - so being bitter keeps you from taking another risk or not allowing yourself to heal. We try to find fault in the other person or our self so badly…we withdraw to self- pity which seems to linger to hopelessness, so let go and love you first. Love because you are worth

something to yourself.

And yes, there IS someone out there for you as you are out there for someone too. Pick your ass up, dust yourself off from your past and consider yourself worthy to know. Be kind and gentle to yourself. Know that love takes time and that the universe and God or whatever your higher being of believe is within you. Be brave. We all deserve to be loved, but we must love all that we are to ourselves and share ourselves with the one coming.
I love you.