CONNECTING TO LOVE ~ DAY #18

While love can and often does bring healing, sometimes it will simply give us the strength to face the threats of our enemy without fear and without threat in return. "We must in strength and humility meet hate with love" ~ Martin Luther King, Jr

Connecting to Love: Day 18 ~ Loving our enemies

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History unfortunately leaves some people oppressed and some people oppressors. One of the great fallacies of our modern life is the assumption that we have the right to live in peace and security.This is an age of hate, terrorism..., certainly we are a terrified generation.
Human beings also have a virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection - the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another.

"Enemies" mean that are people who are repeatedly going against your desires: they may not call themselves enemies, you may not call them enemies, but they resist your will, they are contrary and antagonistic.
Loving your enemy means practical acts of helpfulness in the ordinary things of life. If you love your enemies, then you will not partake in revenge against them which only increases hatred and more violence.

Loving your enemies means that we should be kind to them even though they treat us like dirt. We don't seek revenge, but leave the person and situation in God's hands to do with as he wills.

How do you go about loving your enemies?

According Martin Luther King, Jr (Sermon -Loving Your Enemies) "First, we must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. It is impossible even to begin the act of loving one's enemies without the prior acceptance of the necessity, over and over again, of forgiving those who inflict evil and injury upon us."

In order to love your enemies, you must begin by analyzing yourself. Seems strange to you that you love your enemies by beginning with a look at self.
Some people will not like you, not because of something you have done to them, but they just won’t like you; some people aren’t going to like the way you walk; some people aren’t going to like the way you talk; some people aren’t going to like you because you can do your job better than they can do theirs; some people aren’t going to like you because other people like you, and because you’re popular, some people aren’t going to like you because your hair is a little shorter than theirs or your hair is a little longer than theirs; some people aren’t going to like you because your skin is a little brighter than theirs; and others aren’t going to like you because your skin is a little darker than theirs.
So that some people aren’t going to like you, not because of something that you’ve done to them, but because of various jealous reactions and other reactions that are so prevalent in human nature.
But after looking at these things and admitting these things, we must face the fact that an individual might dislike us because of something that we’ve done deep down in the past, some personality attribute that we possess, something that we’ve done deep down in the past and we’ve forgotten about it; but it was that something that aroused the hate response within the individual. That is why you must begin with yourself. There might be something within you that arouses the tragic hate response in the other individual.

We begin to love our enemies and love those persons that hate us whether in collective life or individual life by looking at ourselves.

Prayer for your enemies is one of the deepest forms of love, because it means that you have to really want that something good happen to them. You might do nice things for your enemy without any genuine desire that things go well with them. It may be for their conversion. It may be for their repentance. It may be that they would be awakened to the enmity in their hearts.

There will come a time, in many instances, when the person who hates you most, the person who has gossiped about you most, the person who has spread false rumors about you most, there will come a time when you will have an opportunity to defeat that person. It might be in terms of a recommendation for a job; it might be in terms of helping that person to make some move in life - that is the meaning of Love.

Make like Martin Luther King, Jr. "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

In the final analysis, love is not merely an emotional something, Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all human beings. According Franklin P. Jones "Love doesn't make the world go around. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile."
So, we must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of love, and when we discover that we will be able to make of this old world a new world.
We will be able to make men better. Love is the only way.

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you... let us join together in a great fellowship of love...

DAILY QUOTE:

“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi

ACTION:
Ask yourself: my behavior benefit all beings?

Identify and appreciate the various ways love reveals itself to you across your life.

Redefine the things you think, say, and do in your daily interactions with all human beings.

Give you the strong determination, in your life and in all of your attitudes, to work the force of love, Loving without conditions, judgments, or disappointment.

Make a Prayer for your enemies with one or more good intention.

Write in a daily journal the affirmations:

"I Love all human beings without conditions and judgments"
"I love my enemies"

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DAY 17 «  CONNECTING TO LOVE  »  DAY 19

 

CONNECTING TO LOVE ~ DAY #17

Friendships are among the most complex but meaningful relationships in our lives. 

Connecting to Love: Day 17 ~ Friendship Love

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Many people consider friends to be as close or even closer than extended (or immediate) family. Friends are chosen by an individual, at times, these people may be more special or important than the family a person was born with. In addition, some people who have supportive families also have an extensive network of friends who they consider to be a second family or as additions to their blood or legal relatives.
We may say that Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between two or more people.

Andrew Sullivan writes "For me, friendship has always been the most accessible of relationships - certainly far more so than romantic love. Friendship, I learned, provided a buffer in the interplay of emotions, a distance that made the risk of intimacy bearable, a space that allowed the other person to remain safely another person."

Aristotle wrote, "The excellent person is related to his friend in the same way as he is related to himself, since, a friend is another self; and therefore, just as his own being is choiceworthy for him, the friend's being is choice-worthy for him in the same or a similar way."
Friendship, for Aristotle, seems to be the cornerstone of human society and flourishing, an integral part of happiness, and bound up inextricably with the notion of virtue.

St. Augustine described friendship as “sweet beyond the sweetness of life.”

Friendship love is often the longest lasting type of love in many people’s lives. For lots of people friendship love has been the most reliable kind of love in their lives.
A true friend basically can be a person as close and important to you as a dearly beloved sister, or brother, or other close family member.

In fact friendship love is as important and sometimes even more important than family love in the lives of many. It is often friendship love that prevails when all other loves have been found wanting.

Friendship love for many people is the only love that sustains and protects them through disasters and the bleak times of desolation. As with any relationship, friendships bring support and joy.
Friendship love is also either a combination of intimacy and commitment.

DAILY QUOTE:

"Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is". 

~ Jim Morrison

ACTION:

Consider the role of friendship in your life: Have you given true friendship and friendship love enough thought?

Think of a friend you get together with from time to time, which usually happens after a long email or text exchange during which you just can’t find a time that works for both of you - call this old friend

Be the Friend You Would Like to Have.
Be sincere, compassionate, and honest.
Reach out when someone needs you even if she isn't able to ask or tell you what she needs.Write in a daily journal what you want tell a friend and them how much you appreciate their friendship.

Write the affirmation "I'm Grateful for My Friends"

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DAY 16 «  CONNECTING TO LOVE  »  DAY 18

 

CONNECTING TO LOVE ~ DAY #16

The love of a family is life’s greatest blessings.
Princess Diana of Wales said "Family is the most important thing in the world."

Connecting to Love: Day 16 ~ Family Love

People have many ways of defining a family and what being a part of a family means to them. Families differ in terms of economic, cultural, social, and many other facets, but what every family has in common is that the people who call it a family are making clear that those people are important in some way to the person calling them his family.
Family isn’t always blood - It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs, the ones you accept you for who you are, the ones who would do anything to see you smile, and who love you you no matter what.
Your family always accepts you with all your mistakes and weaknesses and still loves you. No one in the world would do that.
Like Deb Caletti says "That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable."

There is never a substitute for the love of a mother, father, wife, child or your siblings.
You may not be able to choose your family, but it is also true that you only get one Mother, one Father, one set of siblings or grandparents. They are yours forever, and you must love them and cherish them. It’s important to love your family - it may be a different kind of love, but it’s just as strong and just as important. Our family is a circle of strength of love with every birth and every union the circle grows.
Our families provide a setting for much of the growth we experience in life. In our families we love, serve, teach, and learn from each other, we share our joys and our sorrows.
Family ties may bring us difficult challenges, but they also give us strength and some of our greatest happiness.

Lisa Weedn says "Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life."

DAILY QUOTE:

"In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony."

 ~ Friedrich Nietzche

ACTION:
Think about the importance of families - Is there anything more important in this world?  
What does your family mean to you?
Think about the love you give for your family members and all love you receive.
Choose each day to make your family stronger and happier, Loving them, spending more time  and be kind with them, and don't forget to tell that you love them.

Write in a daily journal the affirmations:

"I'm grateful for my Family"
"I love and I am loved"

Write about the love you have for your family members, and the love you receive.

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DAY 15 «  CONNECTING TO LOVE  »  DAY 17

 

CONNECTING TO LOVE ~ DAY #15

For all love we received, Mothers of the world deserve our greatest respect, our protection and our care.

Connecting to Love: Day 15 ~ Mother's Love

A MOTHER is a woman has raised a child, given birth to a child, and/or supplied the egg wich in union with a sperm grew into a child.

Mother can often apply to a woman other than the biological parent, especially if she fulfills the main social role in raising the child.
This is commonly either an adoptive mother or a stepmother (the biologically unrelated wife of a child's father).
Historically, the role of women was confined to some extent to being a mother and wife, with women being expected to dedicate most of their energy to these roles, and to spend most of their time taking care of the home.
In many cultures, women received significant help in performing these tasks from older female relatives, such as mothers in law or their own mothers.Nearly all world religions define tasks or roles for mothers through either religious law or through the glorification of mothers who served in substantial religious events.
Mother love shapes cultures and individuals.

Agatha Christie says, “A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path. “.

THERE is no love so lasting, so strong, so disinterested, so unselfish, so devoted as that first and purest of all loves, a mother's love. It begins with your birth, and ends with her death.
A mother’s true love can not be measured with a device, expressed in an essay, or metered in any way. The love of a mother has no match nor can one replace her love. A mother’s ageless love and care cannot be exemplified. She is the supreme lover on this earth no one can surpasses her boundaries of love.
The love is to be felt, heard, and appreciated. It is to be honored for how effective it is. To be respected for its undeniable power.
A mother dissipates the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts when we are helpless in the wilderness life with her kind precepts and counsels.
Nothing can come close to the love that a mother feels for her children. Most women are inherently excellent mothers. Women carry their young before they are born and then continue to nurture them throughout their childhood and even into adulthood.
Mothers make sure that their children are safe and happy throughout their childhood. A mother's love needs to be given unconditionally to establish trust and a firm foundation of emotional intimacy in a child's life.
Most Mothers know that their love and emotional availability are vital to their children's well-being.
Like Washington Irving says, “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”

To finish, I leave you the words of Mitch Albom, in "For One More Day", “And I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”

DAILY QUOTE:

“Mother’s love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. If it is there, it is like a blessing; if it is not there it is as if all the beauty had gone out of life” ~ Erich Fromm

ACTION:
Reflect about the daily Quote of today.

Think about what means to you your Mother (Biological or not). How much love she gave to you?

Remember, when you have been sick or needed, all care she gave to you.

Are you returned this Love? How?

Write in a daily journal the affirmation:

"I'm grateful for my Mother and all his love".

Make a list of the Love you've given to your Mother.

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DAY 14 «  CONNECTING TO LOVE  »  DAY 16

 

CONNECTING TO LOVE ~ DAY #14

The Valentine’s Day is today. Time to think about those we love. Even more importantly, time to consider what it means to truly love another.

Connecting to Love: Day 14 ~ Twin Souls

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Love is a strong affection, or fond feeling, towards a person or thing. 

We can understand love is the uplifting experience of joy, ecstasy, fulfillment, contentment, delight, and abandon. More than anything else, the highest expression of true love is trust. Indeed, trust is love’s sweetest gift. That is because trust gives rise to an experience of freedom and space. In fact, trust is the powerful experience of spiritual freedom within the context of human relationship. Trust is both reason of love and result of love. When we permit ourselves to trust deeply, we are letting another human being into our heart and into our soul. We have accepted the good intentions of another so deeply that we allow them to step so close to us that we cannot protect ourselves any longer. Each and everyone wants such partner whom he can love and trust. 

To love someone is to greatly admire or respect them for their values. (the things a person chooses to value can be himself, his convictions, virtues, appearance, abilities, friends, personal possessions, or all of the above).
Any relationship works only when there is a good quality of understanding. When you start a relationship, you should accept the flaws and, at the same time, try and understand your partner with his/her imperfections.To make a relationship strong and lasting both love and trust is necessary. We 
should make such relationship where the freedom and happiness will exists.

While in love, you forget yourself and start living for other person. You get concerned about what s/he is thinking, how s/he is responding to you, and whether or not s/he likes you. It is very important not to forget yourself.
Thomas Merton wrote in "No Man Is an Island": “The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, than we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them”
Believe that you are complete - there is no person, thing or moment that can complete you. The moment you shift yourself to this frequency, the more likely you are to attract a person and a life that is as complete as you.
The status of “in a relationship” should not reflect a dependency on someone else, but rather, the power of togetherness.

According Mignon McLaughlin "You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy."
When you feel complete within yourself, you attract someone just like yourself. But the journey starts with you - it is imperative that you love yourself, because without love for yourself, you will not be able to identify anything as valuable and as a result, you will not be able to love or be loved.

Remember, no one is ever going to love you more than you love yourself. Healthy relationships occur between two people who are comfortable with themselves, in addition to one another. Love only develops after making your own happiness a top priority.
If you're given the chance to love and be loved, take it. No matter how difficult it is, no matter what you have to do to make it happen, let go of your fears and let love enter...

A final note - for many single people, Valentine’s Day, and the accompanying media focus on romantic relationships, can magnify feelings of loneliness and lack. Those who are in a relationship may feel stress about planning a special evening out or finding the ideal gift. If you are experiencing emotional pain stemming from your thoughts about your relationships, it can be helpful to recall the timeless wisdom taught by of many of the world’s great spiritual traditions - Your essential nature is pure love and pure happiness.

My wish is a loving day for all and 

that you make this day the most fulfilling it can be...

DAILY QUOTE:

"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies".

 ~ Aristotle

ACTION:

Give thanks for the relationships that didn’t work out, embrace the lessons you learned, be thankful for the personal growth, and know in your heart that you are always being prepared for the most supportive, loving relationships to enter your life.

Bring to mind someone you love. Feel the reality of your love - know that you are loving.  Feel a perfect love flowing through an imperfect person. Feel your thoughts calming, your mood improving, and your heart opening to others. Absorb the benefits of recognizing and trusting in the lovingness of your heart.

Write in a daily journal a list of the activities that you and your partner enjoy doing together and choose one to do this day.

Make a list of what do you truly love and appreciate about the person you love, or if you are single, the person of your dreams.

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DAY 13 «  CONNECTING TO LOVE  »  DAY 15

 

CONNECTING TO LOVE ~ DAY #13

Exist one kind of love that  without him we can't  live - from and to Mother Earth. Today I suggest a celebration of  Love of our home Planet Mother Earth. 

Connecting to Love: Day 13 ~ Mother Earth Love

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The Earth provides us with all we need to exist and asks for nothing in return.
We are all part of the environment and what we do to the environment, we also do to ourselves, as well as to our future generations.

John Muir wrote “Keep close to Nature’s heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. ... Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.”

According Thich Nhat Hanh "You carry Mother Earth within you.

She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer. In that kind of relationship you have enough love, strength and awakening in order to change your life. Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. That is a dualistic way of seeing. So to breathe in and be aware of your body and look deeply into it and realise you are the Earth and your consciousness is also the consciousness of the Earth. Not to cut the tree not to pollute the water, that is not enough.

When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born. We want to be connected. That is the meaning of love, to be at one. When you love someone you want to say I need you, I take refuge in you. You do anything for the benefit of the Earth and the Earth will do anything for your wellbeing."

DAYLY QUOTE:

"Where there is love there is life." 

~ Mahatma Gandhi

ACTION:

Think about all gifts (Love) you received from Mother Earth.

Be grateful for all her Love and repeat:
"My whole being sends you constant gratitude, eternally, for your beauty, your awesomeness, 
Thanks to Mother Earth, which sustains us. 
Thanks to the sun, that to gives  us their light and heat. 
Thanks to the rivers and lakes, which supply us with water.
Thanks to all herbs, which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases.
I give myself to you, to protect you, to love you, to honour you in every way I can."

Show your love for our Mother Earth:
- Eat healthy, with less meat and sugar, and more fruits and vegetables
- Buy organic cotton clothing, fruits and vegetables, and other goods
- Cut your consumption, and recycle everything you can
- Use environmentally friendly cleaning products in your home
- Strive to eliminate plastic from your life
- Take personal responsibility for the energy you use each day
- Stop using pesticides
- Educate yourself about the environmental concerns...

Write in a daily journal a list of gifts you received from Mother Earth and a list of what you can do for Her.

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DAY 12 «  CONNECTING TO LOVE  »  DAY 14

 

CONNECTING TO LOVE ~ DAY #12

Everything in life is based on faith. You love by faith just as you breathe by faith and just as you walk by faith.

Connecting to Love: Day 12 ~ Faith

Faith is the foundation for self-love, no matter what you believe.

There are no mistakes in the universe and you must believe we live in a benevolent universe. You have to trust that you will receive support for your dreams and passions, just as you honor those dreams and passions of the people you love.

Believing in something opens up your soul to the beauty of belief and trust. It will build your intuition and help you make decisions based on your intuition. 

You trust that your support of others will be reciprocated, directly or indirectly, and find that although unnecessary, your willingness to sacrifice your desires for the sake of theirs, makes anything possible in your relationship.

When you explore your spirituality it will also take you on a journey to learning things about yourself and those new thoughts, feelings, passions, and raw emotions will make you appreciate yourself for being authentically you.

The apostle Paul gives us an excellent description:

Love is patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong.

All the special gifts and powers from God will someday come to an end, but love goes on forever.
If you love someone you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him, and always stand your ground in defending him.

DAILY QUOTE:

“Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.”

~ Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

ACTION:
Make a list of all the individuals you did not like and begin to love them by faith.
Start loving by faith and follow that flow and become part of a Revolution of Love.

You can do the next exercise:
Close your eyes, make a deep and smooth breath, focus in your heart area, imagine one of the persons of your list, visualize a light connecting both hearts, the love flows between the two hearts. You feel thankful for loving this person. Remain in this feeling and imagine another person of your list arrived and repeat like above.
You can continue with all list or make the exercise in another day.

Write in a daily journal a list of persons you don't like.

Write the affirmation: "With all my heart I can Love all persons".

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DAY 11  «  CONNECTING TO LOVE  »  DAY 13

CONNECTING TO LOVE ~ DAY #11

As rational individuals, we can only naturally love someone we already trust. Trust is a key in any relation and do not need to convince anyone to prove it.

Connecting to Love: Day 11 ~ Trust

Trust, means that you place confidence in someone to be honest with you, faithful to you, keep promises, vows and confidences and not abandon you.

Trust precedes love. Every type of relationship is anchored on our ability to be open and share ourselves with others.
Trusting in love does not mean assuming that someone will love you. It means confidence in the fundamentally loving nature of every person, and in the wholesome power of your own lovingness to protect you and touch the heart of others.
Trust needs to be combined with a willingness to forgive and grows best in an environment of acceptance and love. Trusting grows in relationships over time because as you spend time together with someone you build knowledge, understanding and authenticity.
We use trust to gauge our relationship with others, and in the process, we figure out how much we are willing to give of ourselves to others.
Trust, routes us back to the reason we built the relationship establishing a lifelong connection with others.
A long lasting relationship is very easy to establish if we put the spirit of trust and love in our hearts.because love and trust is the requirement in a relationship to make it lasting. Trust is both reason of love and result of love. To make a relationship strong and lasting both love and trust is necessary.

Trust is the powerful experience of spiritual freedom within the context of human relationship. When we permit ourselves to trust deeply, we are letting another human being into our heart and into our soul. This love, based on trust, is a sacred world of boundless freedom and infinite space. No fear whatsoever of loss or betrayal. This love means "I’m always with you, forever".

DAILY QUOTE:

"Heart doesn’t know what doubt is, heart doesn’t know what believe is – heart simply knows trust." ~ Osho

ACTION:

Ask yourself questions like: What is important to me in this relationship? Trusting in love, what seems right to do?

Bring to mind someone you love. Trust in the lovingness of your heart and feel the reality of your love.
Think about the affirmation “I trust you”.

Write in a daily journal the affirmation: "I trust in Love". 

Make a list of the reasons you trust on love of others.

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DAY 10  «  CONNECTING TO LOVE  » DAY 12

CONNECTING TO LOVE ~ DAY #10

Many persons know how to give love, but many more undermine their relationships by never having learned how to accept it. We don't always realize the ways in which we reject appreciation and affection, help and guidance from others.

Connecting to Love: Day 10 ~ Accepting Love

According John Welwood "There is a secret about human love that is commonly overlooked: Receiving it is much more scary and threatening than giving it. How many times in your life have you been unable to let in someone's love or even pushed it away? Much as we proclaim the wish to be truly loved, we are often afraid of that, and so find it difficult to open to love or let it all the way in."

Giving love is one thing. Getting it is another, and altogether different, thing. Accepting and taking in support, appreciation and encouragement can be very difficult for some people.
For whatever the reason, some people struggle to accept love. Many people are afraid to love because they are afraid of getting hurt or they're afraid their not good enough or they're afraid they aren't capable of love themselves or they're afraid or reasons that are uniquely their own.
Whether it be an intimate relationship, a friendship, or a family relationship, it is important to accept the declaration of love at face value. If you are pushing aside the gift of their love for you because you are afraid that they do not mean it, then you prevent them from having the chance to prove that they do. It also might push them away from you, so that if you change your mind it may be too late.

Learn how to let in the love that is constantly around us, coming toward us, Simply open your heart, live in the moment and cherish the fact that other people care so deeply about you that you are connected, needed, wanted, and included in the affairs and lives of others. Being open and receptive to the love from others can be learned with practice. Let down some of those defenses and pride and let others know that you enjoy their deep care and support for you.
Acceptance means that be open to love in all its forms. Remember that by accepting the love that is given to you, you are not only doing something good for yourself, but you are giving a gift to the person who offered the love to you.DAILY QUOTE:

"Most People Need Love And Acceptance A Lot More Than They Need Advice.” ~ Bob Goff

ACTION:
Ask yourself: Is it difficult for you to accept kind gestures, gifts, or compliments from others? Do you struggle with accepting love?

Receiving love is also about expressing love. So, Show love - Kiss your spouse and children, hug your friends, compliment your colleagues, say friendly and complimentary things to the persons you find. Do this regularly.

Write in a daily journal why is difficult to accept love.
Write the affirmation: "I Accept Love in all forms"

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CONNECTING TO LOVE ~ DAY #9

Whether or not you consider yourself to be a grateful person, there is always an opportunity for introspection and growth.

Connecting to Love: Day 9 ~ Grateful

Gratitude, thankfulness, gratefulness, or appreciation is a feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.
Living a state of perpetual gratitude liberate yourself from limiting self-doubt and allow love to flow freely and effortlessly into your life, creating a calm, cool confidence to stride towards your dreams.
we can deliberately cultivate gratitude, and can increase our well-being and happiness by doing so. People are generally happier when they have gratitude in their hearts.

Becoming more loving of those we love can be glorious or a chore. Instead of being a complainer, express gratitude for all of the people in your life and become a listener. We should be thankful for the wonderful blessings that are ours and for the tremendous opportunities we have. We can be thankful to our parents, family, friends, and teachers. We should express appreciation to everyone who has assisted us in any way.
Gratitude is a powerful attitude to help strengthen relationships. The grateful person finds happiness in the everyday and it attracts others into their joy, their loving-kindness.
Expressing gratitude can bring a positive and loving feeling into our everyday lives. It not only lifts our spirits when we’re down, it brings joy and inner peace into our hearts and allows us to tap into a well of happiness that dwells deep within our core.
The benefits of gratitude include deeper love connections to happiness, and improved physical and mental health.
If you practice gratitude, you will eventually become more grateful.

Expressing gratitude is one of the simplest things we can do for ourselves that is completely free and within our grasp. We need only make the conscious choice to express it…to make it a habit.

DAYLY QUOTE:

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” 

 ~ A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

ACTION:
Spend a little time every day counting your blessings however little you feel you have. Be grateful for everything, even the difficult times because you learn from good and bad and gain strength by overcoming adversity.

"Thank you" to someone for what they've done for you, what they've inspired in you, or maybe even just for being a great friend, roommate, coworker, driver or the waiter.

I invite you to practice gratitude daily. Make it a habit, in the morning when you wake and at night before you sleep.

Write in a daily journal the affirmation:

"I have so much in life to be Thankful for"

Write a list of your blessings and a list of gratitude (things, persons, etc that you re grateful).

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