…..with regard to the courage to be loved……

When you’re ‘out of sorts’ – isn’t that the time you need the most support?

Some laugh at such a perspective that seems so far from the modus operandi.

Do people actually believe that they deserve only to be loved when they have a handle on everything? How many other people have you shut out just because you believed that you knew better than others about what you might need?

Sometimes a recipe for loneliness is being acted out even though our actions have a face of brave independence.

Whether we are in a relationship or are single, it can seem risky to be willing to be loved. Nothing is worse than starting to depend on people and then having the support fail just when you think you need it most. But what if we could learn to welcome the care of others without thinking of it in terms of vulnerability?

With a spiritual foundation [even unrelated to religion], we aren’t fooled by the vagaries of human affection. We should welcome affection being expressed while a relationship moves forward, but without fear of losing that love.

One thing that helps is to stop putting love into such categories as – platonic, romantic, filial, neighborly, committed, or casual.

Relationships look that way, but any expression of helpful, genuine affection is a sign of loves presence making itself known.

This reality of love permeating the minutiae of life exalts our day, helping us cherish the evidence of love all around. In fact, the more LOVE is honored as the source of every helpful exchange, the more we feel we’re living in the Kingdom of Happiness.

The wave to the security guard, the conversation with the passenger on the bus, the child’s hug, the lovers phone call, the friend’s wiping of our tears, are all precious and worthy of gratitude.

The promise is that more and more we will cultivate a spirit of reverence when we think of love. To see it everywhere, all the time, cancels the habit of agreeing with loneliness, with doubtful sorrow.

I’m learning to accept love as an ever-present law in our universe. To understand the substance of relationships, as the confirmation of love, means we can bring to others a poise and strength instead of a hunger and vulnerability. The forms of a relationship may change, but there is no reason to feel the absence of love that exist in our life.

Love is the Divine Principle of Life, constant and true.

..this be the manner in which my insides felt a mere two days ago…..so..s0000 much better now!