The Power Of Love

"And now these things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love." - 1 Corinthians 13:13

Love is great indeed! Ask anyone who's ever been in love, and they will tell you that it's life-changing. Think back to when you've been in love. Maybe it was years ago. Perhaps you're in love now. If you were open, I bet you learned a great deal about yourself and your loved one. Love is powerful and can help us grow in ways that we are deprived of when we isolate ourselves or stray from deep connections with others. Here are a few reasons why I believe that love is powerful.

1. Love is a magic mirror. 

We experience our beauty and our fears in the face of love. We see our joy, hope, excitement, and light reflected in the eyes of our beloved. If we're not careful, we will believe that their love makes it possible for us to feel loved. The truth is that our willingness and choice to be open and share our love with another creates the possibility and experience of love. It can't happen if we're closed and unwilling. Yes, it is your love that you see reflected in the eyes of your loved ones. The fact that you can love creates your ability to feel loved. When we are open and engaging in the right kind of love, we feel pure joy and bliss. The world around us is illuminated with infinite possibilities, and we operate in a perpetual state of gratitude. It truly is a beautiful experience.

Love also can mirror our greatest fears and insecurities. I have a teacher who would often say that love will bring up anything unlike itself for the purpose of healing. At some point in our love experience, we will experience a trigger. Our relationship may be tested, or we may start to have doubts about our loved ones. We may even begin to doubt ourselves. They or we may do or say something that sparks hurt feelings or disappointment. It's bound to happen eventually. When this happens, we can try to control them to feel secure again or choose to learn from our feelings and take the opportunity to heal. 

Love is indeed a magic mirror that reflects our light and shadow selves. Suppose we are open and refuse the project our experience or feelings onto our loved ones. In that case, we can learn from the feelings and experiences being reflected back to us. We can see our beauty and not deny it. We can see our insecurities and fears and learn to better manage them.  

2. Love creates a safe space to simply be. 

Love is powerful because it creates the space and freedom to simply be. We can authentically express our thoughts and feelings without being judged or condemned. We can share our joy and excitement without being told that we're doing too much. Love doesn't demand that we are always happy or accommodating. It creates space for us to feel sad, frustrated, or even disappointed. It's strong enough to endure and doesn't go away at first sight of trouble or challenge. 

When I think about the relationships I've created in this phase of my life, I am deeply grateful. I am free to be who I am, to feel what I feel, and I'm not judged. No one tries to fix me, and I don't try to fix them. It took me a long time to create these types of relationships. The process started when I first learned to accept my own feelings and gave myself permission to simply be. These relationships were built from the inside out!

3. Love elevates.

Love lifts us. We will have an expanded sense of ourselves when we've done the work to truly see ourselves and consciously choose to heal. Yes, love heals! When we're ready, willing, and able to not run away from but learn from our love experiences! That's why it's so powerful. Love elevates us when we are able to accept ourselves for who we truly are (not the false projection of who we want others to think we are). And when we're able to do the same for our loved ones. 

The joyful love experiences and the challenging ones each have lessons to teach us. Love blesses us when we stop projecting our fears and insecurities and open our eyes, hearts, and minds to the gifts of the lessons learned in love. 

My prayer for you is that you keep your heart open and lean into the power of love.

All my love,

Danielle ❤️

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