Living From Love / Chances are you’ve sent someone ‘love & light’ lately. I know I’ve said something of that sort. Sometimes it’s heartfelt and sometimes it’s a figure of speech.
But what if we were really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, to mean it? How would that look if we practiced it?
Love is the most powerful medicine for change that exists. You may know it by different names ~ light, compassion, connection, oneness, God ~ but no matter, it’s the same.
Love is the the medicine that creates a respectful relationship with the earth.
Love is the medicine that creates the type of marriage or partnership that we want.
And, when turned towards the self, love is that much sought after medicine of self worth.
Let me be clear ~ I’m not talking about the type of romantic love where everyone lives happily ever after.
I’m talking about living from the energy of love as a quality of the spirit which allows room for the full range of human experience. It’s about giving love rather than efforting to feel loved.
For me it means asking myself, what is the most loving response I can offer in this moment?
When some guy in the grocery store makes a snarky comment about how much food I’m buying.
When my colleague cuts me out the loop and takes credit.
When my mom tells me I’m selfish for staying in a hotel rather than just saying how much she’ll miss me.
Man, it’s not easy. I mess up all the time, slinging one back from a place of hurt and reactivity and off we go (definitely with mom, oy!).
And then I come back to the practice of love for myself and those hurt parts, which usually allows me to soften my response to the other person, too.
What I’m saying is that it’s not about dwelling in a space where you pretend you only feel loving towards people who throw shitty stuff your way.
You’re supposed to feel, and that includes allowing your defensive, judge-y, and angry responses.
The practice is taking a breath before letting them fly and being loving towards them too.
What does the idea of living love bring up for you?
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