Love has no agenda …

It’s the love within that determines our worth. We are love, everything good. But unless we manifest that love, we don’t feel our worth. We feel the stress of dissonance, or being untrue to ourselves.

We can make a distinction between feeling inadequate and feeling dissonance. We are good enough, always, but we can’t negate the inherent dissonance of betraying our values and beliefs.

Our worth lies in our essence of pure love, but when we’re untrue to that, we feel stress, rather than self-worth.

The ticket to happiness is BEING true to ourselves.… More

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My jogging path in our new neighborhood takes me by this tree. It’s a beautiful reminder. … More

An intimate relationship can be like PMS — without the gender discrimination. Men and women alike can look on, feeling out of sorts, as their issues surface.

Issues? Those are the things that — when triggered — make you grit your teeth or cry or run the other way or scream profanities. You could say, “Ah, I believe you just hit on a sore spot, please give me a moment,” but you probably don’t.

Our partners are the ones most apt to break through our outer skin to what’s vulnerable, with what can seem like a hot poker. When they do, we can jump to defend ourselves, without ever consciously feeling the pain. And the battle begins…or the relationship ends.

For years, my indignation masked my pain. I didn’t want to play second fiddle — to anything. If I wasn’t getting enough attention and he had time for sports, friends, charity or most anything else besides working and sleeping, it could trigger my insecurity…and another ending. Had I known how wonderful I was, I wouldn’t have been so caught up in making sure my partner did!

Yes, with a better understanding of why it’s important, I still want to be a priority.… More

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