“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage,” Lao Tzu.  I’ve spoken often about love.  What it feels like, what it does to us, what we would be willing to do for it.  I never really considered what seeking love does for us from the perspective of living and purpose.  God, I have so much to learn still.  How can I share this if there are still facets that I’m learning myself?  If I hold it too close will the good things still grow? (Beaches).  Sometimes we don’t know what we have in the way of love until it’s gone.  And love comes in so many different forms.  The friend texting to check on us or sending us memes that we related to.  The phone call from our significant other just to say hi.  The cook book your mother picks up because she knows you like a certain kind of food.  The extra long hug from your dad.  The zoom calls with your siblings to check in.  All of the ways this shows love boils down to connection.  The more connected we are with people, the deeper we feel the resonance.  There are things we do for those we love that we don’t do so easily for others and there are things we can do when we know we have the support of others that we wouldn’t do on our own.

When we look at love objectively, without romance, it’s a vibration and an energy of understanding.  The more we understand the more tolerance we have for humanity and trying new things—so we have tolerance for others and ourselves.  We see that the world doesn’t always operate in certainties and we accept it rather than try to change it.  This means that while we know we can’t change what happens around us or what other people do, we know that we can change ourselves and it takes courage to operate outside of the social norm.  It takes courage to decide who we are and to stand in that identity—and it takes as much courage to decide that what we’ve done isn’t working any longer.  Love is all around—the very essence of nature is love.  We are provided for in every way.  We’ve done some pretty cool stuff over time and worked with nature and physics to make life a bit easier, but at its core, we know that nature will take care of us just as it is.  All of the rules we put on life are for purposes man created.  That is the nature of the universe.  When we love we understand that more. 

We see that the universe is all inclusive—we are all here at this time for a reason and it truly doesn’t have anything to do with power or control.  It has to do with creating a resonance that raises the light of this entire planet.  When we feel love and when we receive love we are open to the idea that there is more than enough for everyone—competition isn’t necessary neither is consumerism at the degree we see it today to the point where we monetize these systems and we are more apt to protect how that system operates rather than the people behind it.  We see that there are infinite possibilities and that it’s more important o form those connections than it is to control others.  We all do better when we do better and love guides us down that path.  We need love to help show us what is really important, to create that connection, to create that understanding, to raise the collective vibration.  Love isn’t meant to be choked.  It isn’t meant to hurt.  It is meant to bring us out of our comfort zone and to each other.  So to my earlier question about how can I share this if I’m still struggling to learn this…we all keep trying to learn and be who we are meant to be, and we share as we learn.