A Few Thoughts About Love
What is LOVE?? What does it truly mean to love to someone? What exactly does it mean to love yourself? Love is one of the most powerful emotions that we experience in our lives. And yet it seems that we are always searching for it. Why are we searching though, when love lives within us? Love can bring us a tremendous amount of joy and happiness, as well as pain. This is where things get confusing. Love is not supposed to hurt or feel negative in any way. So then why does it hurt sometimes? When we love someone, it seems that they have a power over us. So when that someone that we love does something that does not line up with our expectations, we feel hurt, we feel let down. We get angry. But real love does not really feel this way. This is something that I’ve had to learn and re-learn many times over. Love is not conditional. Love is everlasting. It just is. Truly loving is not neediness or the allowing of others to violate us in any way.
I believe that real love is acceptance without judgment. I believe that it is not trying to change others to suit our picture of how they should be. It isn’t dependence on others or external sources for our emotional well-being. Love is being one with your source; your inner being. Love in a relationship is when two whole people come together and honor and respect each other. Love is peace, love is bliss.
Ask anyone if they love themselves and most people will reply with a resounding, “well of course I do”. But do they really? What I have learned on my spiritual journey is that love is a process. My definition of love is ever changing and ever evolving. It’s something that I work on each day. I try to fill my thoughts with love and send out love to others whenever I think about it. Love resides within us. We do not have to search for it outwardly. When we get into alignment with ourselves and we are OK with who we are, you feel that love. Acceptance of Self. When you truly feel that you are ok just as you are, that is love. When you accept others as they are, that is love. We are all deserving of love in our lives. But it starts within,
not without. If we want to attract love into our lives, we must first love being with ourselves. I have learned to enjoy and savor my time spent alone. It is a time of joy and renewal. My staying connected with me. Now it is a must for me. The little time I take for myself is a precious time for me to stay rooted in me and not lose myself in the world and the things going on around me. I honor my “me time” and look forward to it. What I have found is that the more I show love to others without condition, the more that I love myself, it results in attracting more love into my life without effort. It just happens. Love is simple, but complicated at the same time. I am still learning. Love, yourself, love others, love life, love the world, and love will always be present in your life. This is a topic I would to explore further in future posts and get others’ feedback on. So please tell me, what does love mean to you?
In Light and Love!
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38 Responses to A Few Thoughts About Love
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:04 pm
You are wonderful, I’ve started the blog WayaLove.com 6 months ago and I was trying at the time to capture the essence of love. Recently The love within me start changing like some kind of friendly alien within me. That is so strange to feel like something inside me is growing. 7 days ago I have for the first time of my life spontaneously said that I love myself and as incredible as it can be people around me treat me differently, they may receive something from me, I try each day to meditate in bed to reach, discover, get in touch… I don’t know exactly what. I also experience something extraordinary I wrote a post about it on wayaworld.com the title is: savassanna bliss. The feeling I experienced was so intense, I would like to find someone who can understand what happened that day.
I also do positive affirmation to see where all this is going to lead.
Thank you
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March 2nd, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Angelwaya, that is so great to hear. It sounds like you had an internal shift. I believe that this shift may have come about due to your blog. You are putting your energy in that direction so that is what you have attracted. What a wonderful thing. I love Louise Hayes and she recommends an exercise where you look in the mirror and tell yourself that you love you. It feels great and it really works. Thanks for stopping by. I’m going to check out your blog.
Have a great day,
Lisa
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Beautifully written. I couldn’t agree more. Wisdom at it’s best!
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March 2nd, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Lisa, I admire your positivity! Live the life you’ve Dreamed!
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Thank you Madone! I believe we should all live the life of our dreams After all, what is life without dreams?
March 4th, 2009 at 3:20 am
I love how you shared, “If we want to attract love into our lives, we must first love being with ourselves. I have learned to enjoy and savor my time spent alone. It is a time of joy and renewal.” Often we forget we must learn to love ourselves first and by spending time alone (not being lonely), we get to figure out if we like our own company. If not, it’s a great time for using personal growth techniques.
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March 4th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Hi Barbara, I’m glad you enjoyed the article. Thanks for stopping by!
March 17th, 2009 at 12:42 am
Hey….I love this….and I agree
May 6th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
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June 15th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
love this. a relationship that i held onto for many years recently came to an end and all that you shared here is what i found to be true. so i am thankful for the intense pain that i experienced earlier this year because it led to the bliss i am experiencing now. i see how deeply i neglected myself for years. and now i am enjoying a wonderful relationship in which i honor myself.
April 1st, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Love is really strange.. first it’s just a word and for each and everyone of use expresses a different feeling… that’s why feelings are hard to express in words!
And love is really a tough one… do you usually love someone in the same way you love yourself?
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June 4th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
I agree with you. Love should be unconditional like the way that God loves us all. Loving our enemies is a part of it.
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June 4th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
loved the blog =)
June 19th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Love is not for between boy and girl.It can be for family,for money, for nation,for pride and honor. for self respect,for nature,for anything which is part of this universe.
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June 25th, 2010 at 9:04 am
We can not define love completely.Because We love with our family and nations.But it can be effected by lust and greed.True love can not be defined it can only be experienced.
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July 8th, 2010 at 4:49 am
Love is too broad. They’re are different place to show our love to our family, friends and special someone.
July 18th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Well exact meaning of love can not be defined. Love can be piece, Love can also be arrogant. Although love defines taking care of others but not exactly. So the whole phenomenon is little bit confusing.
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January 5th, 2011 at 1:28 am
Your post is too lovely.I like your nice and informative article.
January 12th, 2011 at 3:52 am
Interesting thoughts! Thanks for sharing. Consider that when you love a person, you will think about her a lot. The majority of your thoughts will be positive thoughts if you are in love.
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April 6th, 2011 at 5:26 am
The beginning of love, is to let those we love be perfectly themselves and not twist them with our own image