When your being is rooted in SELF-LOVE, you no longer look for others’ approval or confirmation of what is or is not possible. You trust yourself as the ultimate authority of what is possible for you. Many people spout limiting beliefs as if they are universal truths when in fact they are simply ideas whose validity have gone unchallenged. Beliefs can be like rocks tying you down or like balloons lifting you higher. …..
In my long life, I have seen many hateful acts, but it is the REBEL ACTS OF LOVE that changed my heart. The brave civil rights marchers of the 1960’s who yearned for fairness and justice. The courageous women who took to the streets in the 1970’s to demand their rights as equals to men. The outspoken gays who refused to stay in the closet in the 1980’s pressing the country to deal with AIDS ethically and with compassion. Those decades…..
Why do we listen to our heads and not our hearts? Why do so few allow their hearts to be the compass they were meant to be? Why do so many see the heart as weak or untrustworthy? Deep within your heart is a remembrance that you are cherished, valued, and loved. Your heart knows there is nothing in your makeup that is wrong or unlovable. Your heart knows your dreams and hopes and has kept them safe…..
The path back to self-love must be taken alone. Only you know where you lost your way in the darkness. Only you know where the bumps in the road changed your direction. Only you know where fear became your compass. Only you know where you decided you were not equipped for the journey. Only you know where you lost you! So be brave and return to that place on the road…..
KINDNESS is not for the faint of heart. KINDNESS is for the strong hearted. It takes strength to offer a hand rather than judgment. It takes strength to look into a stranger’s eyes and see a friend. It takes strength to see beauty where others only see ugliness. It takes strength to listen rather than turning away. It takes strength to speak softly when all others are shouting. It takes strength to offer love…..
When you feel like you are hitting a wall in your life, you need to remember the wall is inside of you. Nothing on the outside is conspiring against you. You created that wall and therefore, you are the only one who can tear it down. Maybe the wall served a purpose in the past making you feel safe or protected. But now that safe wall feels more like a prison. LOVE YOURSELF and break down your walls. You have no…..
Have you fenced in your heart? Everyone has had his or her heart broken at one time or another. Whether it was a dream or a career or a relationship, we have all experienced heartache. Too often we have allowed those moments to cause us to put fences around our hearts. It makes us feel protected and can even give us a false sense of security. The problem with that is while you think you are keeping out a potential…..
When your being is rooted in the truth of self-love, you are free to blossom into who you were always meant to be. An orchid doesn’t dream to be something different. It doesn’t compare itself to a rose. It doesn’t try to prove its worth. It doesn’t doubt its beauty. It doesn’t look to be something other than what it is. While an orchid may start out fragile and need tender care to be all that it can…..
When your being is rooted in SELF-LOVE, you enable the universe to shine its light through your reflection for all to see. WHEN you value yourself, you naturally prompt others to recognize their value. WHEN you are forgiving and compassionate with yourself, you give others permission to act with forgiveness and compassion. WHEN you are gentle and kind with yourself, you awaken the power of benevolence in others. WHEN you choose to celebrate who are, you invite others to…..
When you receive a compliment, do you allow yourself to receive the affirming energy or do you push it away? Underneath any genuine compliment is the energy of love and acceptance: Energies that are necessary components to building and maintaining a strong foundation of self-love. So why do we often refuse to receive that love and acceptance when the universe offers that reflection through another’s words? Is it just our attempt at putting up modest front and if so, why…..
