Love Is: Loving What is

'Wherever You Go, Go With All Your Heart."

Confucius

"When we are giving and receiving love. It is the most powerful force. We provide a safe space for each other when love is unlimited."

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"Let us create a world where it is safe to love each other."

As humans - we have a consuming desire to emotionally depend on each other for happiness and fulfilment, Searching every visible corner for a much-needed friend. "A friend that will love at all times." Proverbs 17:17

"A friend that will stick closer than a brother." Proverbs 18:24

The Greatest Gift - " Is The Gift Of Love."

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 describes love as an attitude -

Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is long-suffering.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, and it is not easily angered.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and permanently preserves.

Love never fails. Love Is ACTION.

Love is loving me at times when it may not be deserving -

"And that is not because love is weak or naive."

Love understands my emotional status and is patient with my growth.

Love doesn't demand but gives respect. Holding the knowledge that your

action Is like a boomerang - it comes back.

If You Love Me-

you will not withhold your love because you fear disappointment or change.

You will understand the universal need for self-protection.

You will also understand when taking risks is appropriate and why we make mistakes.

You will investigate your transpersonal needs and realise the biblical instruction to love your neighbour as you love "yourself."

Only through loving yourself can you enter my world and embrace me. Because love

demands an enormous amount of understanding of your own needs. " When you know what you need. You know what I need."

If You Love Me-

You will look into my eyes, the window to my soul, and see my outstretched arms wanting your embrace. You will reciprocate because you will understand that life depends on excessive love. You will not assume these emotions are not vital for me to become complete. They are my source of inner richness to a higher level of maturity.

You will search deep in the corner of your being for ways to love me because the path to genuine love does not depend on our best but on giving ourselves in our entirety.

So - If you love me, don't offer me your best, but your all. Because -

I cannot show you my best. I want total acceptance of myself and my baggage.

And - At times - I may need your help. When I do - please don't judge me as emotionally irresponsible but courageous and strong.

If You Love Me-

You will tap into your source of inner richness and hold out the key to your success. Because

through personal awareness, you are better positioned to comprehend my needs.

And, if you love me - please do not remove my defences. They protect me from situations I'm unable or not ready to face.

You may possess the answer to my problems. Do not assume for a minute I don't. I may be temporarily exhausted and need to lean on you for a while. Take my hand and gently lead the way, and if I'm becoming too dependent on you. Please don't let go. You may be travelling too fast. Slowly and gently direct my path. Please grant me the freedom to be in the process of becoming what I was created to be, "A person in process"- processing my life from one stage to the next.

I am healing the broken pieces of my life and discovering a new self.

And If I Love You-

It will be as Christ did - self sacrificially - And my ability to love will always influence how I live. I will search for my inner resources to deal with life's triumphs and disappointments and emerge as a new person.

I will love you with an open invitation to what's happening in my world. I will engage your strength to combat my weakness, and I will search for guidance to explore from the depth of my entire being for ways to love - "You safely."

Any disappointment or change will not stunt my growth. In fact - I will grow through any challenge.

And If We Love Each Other-

We will walk in agreement with a common ground of mutual acceptance and non-judgement.

Love is what we are, and when we come from that place of knowingness - "magic happens."

Self-love is the foundation of any lasting relationship.

It doesn't matter who loves you. If you don't love yourself, you will never be happy.

This is my wise for you:

"Comfort on difficult days intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips.

Sunshine to warm your heart, hugs when Your spirit sags, beauty for eyes to see, friendship to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, and love to complete your life."

By

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Why am I afraid to tell you I am?

By

John Powell

Song: "Love never broke anyone's heart."

Vince Gill