Love has no agenda …

What’s inside shines brighter than any armor can. Rather than polish our armor, let’s take it off. Let’s unveil our light. … More

We see the truth in layers, as we’re ready to face it. And there is always another layer in the unconscious mind to discover. It’s okay that we don’t see it all at once. But let’s remember to look for it. And let’s consciously practice living the truth, rather than what somebody else would have us believe.… More

When we’re learning to come from love rather than fear, which is the work of a lifetime, the lessons keep getting tougher. When I feel negative emotion, like anger, judgment, or exasperation, I know that’s fear. When I’m free of negative emotion, I’m feeling love. Straightforward enough, right?

But what happens when somebody, particularly close to you, blames you for their negative emotion? Let them try, without resorting to fear. Rest in the truth. Not everybody will understand you. Not everybody will want to.

When you shine a light into darkness, some people won’t like it. They won’t like you. They were more comfortable in the dark. It was familiar and convenient. They could pretend that everything was okay, or at least that they were okay. And they could have another glass of wine.

When we acknowledge the light, we have to align with it, deny it (often by fabricating a lie), or use a “Band-Aid.” Otherwise, we have the stress of dissonance, an internal conflict: I should do this, but I’m doing something else, instead.

Be you. Be love. When you mess up, own it. And when somebody else has a self-serving agenda to make you wrong, so that they don’t have to be, remember that love doesn’t have one of those.… More

You will love and honor your partner only as well as you love and honor yourself. When the best way to love yourself is to walk away, trust that to also be the best way to love and honor your partner. And trust your partner to find his/her own way without you. … More