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What Love Can Do

Exploring the benefits of welcoming love into your life.

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What Love Can Do
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I was once under the impression that the universe would fulfill my heart. I truly thought the places I would go and people I would encounter would bring me happiness. After countless frustrations and questions, I had a realization. This idea of searching for completion was merely a perception that desperately needed adjustment. It was my definition of love that would have to change in order for my reality to manifest into something great. Here is what I’ve discovered.

Love begins with yourself. By loving your own soul, recognizing your potential and greatness allows you to welcome the love that is already around you. Isn’t that crazy that it already exists?! I didn’t realize this until I began accepting myself, and the people around me as love. It is not the love that we receive that completes us, but rather embracing love as something to give. When we love ourselves our energy grows and resonates the greatest fulfillment.

Love heals the past. By channeling your focus on the present, you can begin to love the current moment. The past is merely repetitions of a scene that has already passed in time. By learning to enjoy the current moment in time, and raising consciousness you can begin to control your thoughts. Your past can become erased, if you let it be. The current moment asks to be cherished.

Love will enable you. As one we cannot accomplish much. Regardless of how great or small your ideas are, they must be shared with love. By loving your own mind, you can share your thoughts with others with the vehicle of love. Your wildest dreams can be accomplished when love is perpetuating the motion. Tell people your rapid thoughts. Say something unusual or strange. We are all odd beings trying to be normal, but yearning to stand out. Don’t overthink, and just be. Enjoy your “isness” of the moment and feel the reality of being capable.

Love will change you. You will begin to see the world in a new light that radiates potential. My attitude used to require me to succumb to being a victim. But by embracing love as my focus, I realized I was the only one doing this to myself. No one was telling me to follow a routine, work harder, or be unhappy. Your anxiety and depression can be transformed into a magnificent gateway to a new life. Regardless of who comes into your path, show them love and enjoy a lesson you can learn from them. We all have so much we can learn from one another, for we all have different paths, yet we all need one another to understand.

Remember that time is not guaranteed, and each moment can be remarkable if you change your perception. The universe wants to supply each and every one of us with the happiness our souls desire. I couldn’t be more thankful for the love I have embraced into my everyday routine. Tim, my other half, has shown me these lessons and made me realize how powerful the mind can be. Words do not exist to explain how much I value Tim, for he has opened my mind to see myself and the world in a new light. I hope our love and understandings empower you on your day and help you climb to new heights.

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