DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF LOVE

Wanting to write is curious to me. Often times I yearn to have something wise and interesting to say. Other times I feel a need to write whether it is wise or interesting or not. It simply, in my soul, wants to be said. And then there are the times, like right now, that I long to write and truly have nothing to say. For me the urge to write is the longing for the level of concentration it requires. In the absence of outside distractions, focus in the now sooths my urgency to accomplish something of use or note.

Concentration is seductive and curious. If I concentrate on work and deny family or partner, I can justify the cruelty of ignorance and oblivion. If I concentrate on keeping those I love safe in relationship to me, to themselves, and to others, we all benefit enormously. We all thrive when we know we belong and are desired. We all wither when we have no safe place and feel disconnected from those we deserve to have love us.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF LOVE.

If you are living in the absence of love or in an emotional place of not fitting or belonging; if you do not trust that you are chosen and desired, your heart will shrink, your soul will quiver, and your spirit will crumble with fear and pain.

Do whatever it takes to make a safe and intimate connection with those around you who should be living in a safe haven with you. You will not make it in this world unless you know you are loved.

I am off to the cemetery to play with 5- year- old Aimee, the perpetual puppy and second love of my life. Aimee can teach us all about forgiveness, unconditional love, playing, finding safe connection, patiently waiting her turn, being safely attached, turning around 3 times in a nest of blankets, settling down, taking a big sigh, and falling immediately into a deep and peaceful sleep. Aimee knows how to give love and how to receive love.

Blessed be. Warmly and in gratitude, Nancy