Create a Space for Love Today....

It's Valentine's Day!

For many people Valentine's Day is a time to show your significant other just how much you really love and care for him. But for many people who do not have a significant other, this can be a very difficult time. And of course the all the retail stores are smiling all the way to the bank.

While this day has become so commercialized and really is designed for a large population of people to make lots of money on people who are in love, it doesn't have to be a day of gloom and doom for those without a mate.

As we celebrate this day, it is the perfect time to focus on love...but not just romantic love. Why not use this day as a time to focus on what love can do for our world?

Of course we all want to be romanced and swept off our feet, showered with wonderful gifts. Yet, we can never ignore the fact that God has called each of us to bring love to the planet. So why not do something different this Valentine's Day? I have come up with 3 unique things you can do to celebrate Valentine's Day differently:

1. The money you would have spent on a gift, use it to purchase some items that are needed for the local battered women's shelter. Many of these women don't even have basics, such as underwear and socks.

2. Instead of going out to dinner, donate some items to the local food bank. The number of people they now served has doubled and in some cases trippled in the past two years.

3. The money you would have used to purchased a Valentine's card, why not purchase a "Thinking About You" card for a friend who may be going through a difficult time and need some encouragement.

I can assure you, that if you take your focus off of what you don't have and who you are not spending Valentine's Day with, and place your focus on making a contribution of "Real Agape Love" to the planet, the love you desire will surely begin to make it's way to your doorstep...sooner than you think. Because only what you are not giving in any situation is missing. It just happens to work that way.

How Much Love Are You Giving?

How much love are you giving? I work with people everyday who often feel that no one really loves them. Or they wonder if they will ever experience a real love relationship with another.

But the question we all should be asking is...”how much love am I giving?” Because only what we are not giving can be lacking in any situation. The purpose of relationships is to expand us and where our love is conditional, we need expansion. Wanting to be loved when you are not ready or willing to give love is really a very selfish and self serving desire.

Can you love even in the absence of love? Can you love even when it seems that no one is reciprocating?

True love has no expectations...all true love wants to do is love...to give it. So I ask you once again...how much love are you giving? Take a look around you...if your life is not overflowing with love...maybe you are the missing link.

Where is the Love?

There are numerous of books out that offers advice on how to find true love. They tell you to get a new makeover, lose some weight, make a detailed list of your requirements or even go hang out where eligible single folks hang.
While all of these things are certain to help you find your love, they do not promise true love. Because that kind of love can never be found outside of oneself, it can only be found within.

Whenever we look for something outside of ourselves, we are saying that we don’t already have it. But when it comes to love, that just isn’t really true. The truth is we do have love. Love resides within all of us.
To understand this, we must first come to realize that we are all connected to a Life Force, The Love Powersource…God. God is love, pure and simple. And we all have been given the capacity to connect with, become one with God. As we begin to accept and allow this connection to grow and evolve, we become the very essence of love we seek.

But when we go looking for what we already possess, it’s like walking around the in a panic looking for your keys, not realizing they are already in your hands. Once you realize you are holding your keys, do you continue to look for them? Of course, not. You immediately begin to use your keys to unlock the door or whatever you needed them for.

Once you realize that you have love already exist within, you now can begin looking for ways to share it with the world. Compassion, forgiveness, and peace within becomes your home. You begin to live your life from a space of fulfillment instead of need or void. Then guess what will happen? The love you’re already experiencing will also show up in your life wrapped in the package of your divine right mate. Become that which you seek and your life will never be the same!!

Just Blink and Smile!

I am sitting here as I anticipate spending time with family and friends during the next few days of Christmas and New Years. I glean with excitement because I can visualize the smiles of my grandaughter and grand-neices/neprews as they open their gifts.

It is so refreshing because I know how geniune their smiles are. They don't have a need to fake the smiles and joy on their faces like so many people I know because life has not hit them with the many blows that we adults face. Their smiles are innocent, real and free of pain. I just love watching their little faces light up with such joy and excitement. Wow, what an incredible vision of Authenticity!

It always amazes me how many people, especially women, who walk around with a smile on their faces while their eyes tell the true story. Their story of pain!! We can't hide pain as much as we try. It has a voice of its own; it speaks loudly and will let you know that it exists.

I want to encourage you to face your pain. Get real with what is going on inside of you, acknowledge the emotional hurt, wounds and pain. Who has hurt you so deep that it still lingers inside of your soul? Forgive them, release it and release them!

A new year is approaching and you don't have to carry those emotional wounds into your new year of promise.

Yes, you can live a life free of emotional internal pain. I did not say that pain would not exist, but it doesn't have to live inside of you. You see ladies, I know that pain all so well. But I also know that I could no longer play the victim and allow emotional pain to rule my life. I had release it all and let it go. I also learned how to remain free.

When we learn to live a life of forgiveness and authentic love, not only will our lives change, but the world around us as well. You deserve to be happy, joyful and free. And you deserve to smile, but this time let it be from the inside!! So the next time pain tries to knock at your door....just say no...blink and smile!!