We grow up learning to cope, which means defending ourselves and proving ourselves. Then we’re faced with adult responsibilities that somehow interrupt our dreams and our passions. So remembering who we really are can be like trying to remember a dream. But to truly love ourselves AND get the love we long for from somebody else, we must know and share who we actually are!
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Love Has Nothing to Prove. Neither Do You!
Love has nothing to prove. And neither do you! You’re free to be you. The next time you’re on a date–even if it’s with your spouse–make sure the person you present is the real you. Let them get to know you; that’s an ongoing process. Remember, you can’t feel loved if you’re shielded by shiny armor (that could look like a padded wallet, pretty words, or a fake laugh). I’m not suggesting that you blast anybody with your anger or intolerance. That’s your ego! In fact, any negative emotion, or argument, is birthed by “I’m not good enough.” You are!
When you express your true feelings, your discomfort, and your dreams, you are refreshed and refueled … instead of drained! You are also loved. Because YOU are lovable. Grow into yourself, grow out of your comfort zone. Don’t just live. Thrive!… More
THIS is the love we come home to … and I can’t read it too many times!
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. ~ from the Apostle Paul’s first epistle to the Corinthians… More
It’s not how much you do for each other. It’s how much you learn from each other!
The most satisfying partnership you can have is not about how much you do for each other. It IS about how much you are wiling to learn from each other! Doing too much for each other can lead to co-dependency and feeling stuck. Instead, challenge each other! You want to be the best you can be. The best partnership you can have is a byproduct of fulfilling that desire!
I taught Sam to put me on his shoulders. He taught me to stand taller!… More
The Best of You …
When you reach for the sky,
you glimpse the best of you.
When you climb a ladder,
you touch the best of you.
When you build your own ladder and persevere,
you ARE the best of you.
YOUR TIME IS NOW!
If there’s something in your way, let’s call it out!
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The One Rabbit to Catch
THE ONE RABBIT TO CATCH
When we chase two rabbits, one gets away. Two of our favorites to chase are Elusive Love and Sex. Elusive Love most likely gets away. Sex is easier to catch, but we can’t quite hold on to it. Sex is on every corner, though; we can catch another! And in the meantime, we find another alluring rabbit to chase–Big Bucks, Pretty Hare, Smarty Britches, Mister Muscle, or Chocolate Mousse. Before it’s over, we may chase a whole field of rabbits and, with years of practice, cleverly catch them. But the one rabbit that can satisfy our yearning is Authentic Love. And Authentic Love, the most glorious rabbit of all, is nesting inside of us, just waiting to birth a life full of the most precious little rabbits we ever dreamed of.… More