Love has no agenda …

Follow what allows you to breathe more deeply, more fully, more completely. Be present. Do what enlivens you. Sit with what refreshes and restores you. You need not worry about WHAT you do; be aware of HOW you do it. Are you motivated by fear or love? … More

Scientists study and measure oxytocin, or the feel-good hormone, that accompanies love. It’s found naturally when we feel joyful, connected, hopeful, loved. And scientists can watch as it broadens our outlook and encourages our growth. Love literally nurtures, sustains, energizes, and inspires us to be our best, to be bigger than we thought was big. It reduces fear and suspicion, without reducing our ability to calculate risk. It keeps babies, who are dependent on caregivers, alive!

We can feel love with strangers, acquaintances, friends, siblings, and parents. But, perhaps, our favorite way to feel love is with somebody who is exclusively ours, somebody who is ours to touch in private places, who reaches the deepest part of who we are, who knows us down to the core, and loves us no matter what.

I wish you love!… More

Our relationships aren’t really about external circumstances. They’re about how we relate to each other. We want to be heard and understood. We want to be loved. When we are, we can handle the rest. And even when a partner isn’t there for you, you can be there for you.… More

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When we watch Cinderella, we know before it’s over, that she lives happily ever after with the prince. From the very beginning, that was her destiny. And while your destiny may not be as obvious to you, it is written.

Trust that you are the hero of your own story. Your quest does not make you a hero; rather it reveals you as a hero. You don’t FEEL like the hero, though, until you begin to act like the hero. And, you act like the hero, as you are called on to do what heroes do.

Ahh, and that heroic action is often what we shy away from, because of our human doubts. When we trust what comes next, we displace the doubts. We displace the fear with love.

And THAT is always the hero’s quest. Give your story a name. And remember that you live happily ever after.

Love smiles,… More