This journey is half over.
We are “just as far in as we’ll ever be out” (Anna Nalick – Breathe)
So, despite all opposing forces, if you are still reading
this, there’s been at least a nod towards self love. That’s fantastic and life altering. Let’s keep going.
What stops you? For
each of us, regardless of what it looks like or sounds like, it’ll boil down to
FEAR. Look closely and you’ll see. A fearless being stops only when the goal has
been reached.
There are so many reasons to be afraid. But loving yourself? That’s easy.
It isn’t happening because of three letters. N O and T.
If you are not absolutely enthralled with your fingers, toes, belly
button and whole self – as you once were – then the only thing stopping you is
in your head. As an infant you’d spend
hours and days staring at your parts and squealing with delight when you
discovered what they could do.
While visiting my niece and her 3 very little daughters, a
song broke out during lunch. One of them
had just used the potty for the first time.
It was playful, joyous and exuberant.
Dad got a phone call at work, and
he took it, interrupting a meeting.
This was big news. It was
thrilling.
Your life can be thrilling too. You don’t need anyone else to tell you how
amazing you are. Unless you know
yourself, you won’t believe them anyway.
So what are you afraid of?
Which N O T is stopping you? NOT
deserving? NOT good enough? NOT strong
enough? NOT smart enough? NOT beautiful enough? NOT lucky enough? NOT funny
enough? NOT rich enough? NOT caring enough? NOT happy enough? These things are
in your head.
It is not your head that we are aiming for here – it is your
heart. It is there where love is found,
and it turns out that right now it’s beating.
You are alive and you have everything you need to love yourself. “N O and T” be damned.
You are here now to love.
You’ve had the odds stacked against you and you haven’t been told the
truth. Your fears are based on
circumstances that seem beyond your control.
What you weren’t told is that you hold the power to change how all of it
feels. By letting go. With trust.
It doesn’t matter what you are afraid of – it matters that
you move right on past it. Not because
of some Hallmark holiday, but because your life depends on it. This is the only life you are living. Right now.
This is it. There may very well
be assorted other dimensions and parts of you – yet right here and now this
version could sure use a hand. The love
you are aching for is within.
That means it is within reach. You don’t have to look for it. You have to allow it to emerge. A little encouragement will yield surprising
results.
You see, we are all eager for an opening, a chance to feel
better, and a moment of “YES!” I heard
the results of a survey today. It was
about “what women want most for Valentines Day”. They were unexpected. What is wanted most, at least according to
this survey, is “a kiss goodbye, acknowledgement, and attention”. Once you come out of that fearful, NOT good
enough cloud, you’ll see. We all want love.
The people in your life will benefit without even knowing the reason was
Agape. All you did was love yourself.
The world changes one heart at a time. Oneness emerges from Agape.
Release your fears and love yourself anyway. I don’t know if there will be body enhancing
technology or unlimited abundance available anytime soon, but I do know that
right now you have the capacity to do this.
The worst has already happened, so no worries there. It’s time to move in another direction. This one is where you leap out of bed in the
morning ready for another chance to love.
Accept yourself.
Allow yourself. Be yourself.
You are the one you’ve been waiting for.
See you tomorrow.
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