The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in. ~ Morrie Schwartz
A few weeks ago I was speaking at the New Thought Spiritual Center of Eastern Long Island with the talk title: What are you I AMing? I challenged those in attendance to create an empowered “7 Truths of You” statement beginning with “I AM”. At the end of my talk, more than half of those in attendance approached me to share the beginnings of their truth statements. The majority of these brave individuals choked out the words: “I AM loved and I AM loving.” One woman pulled me aside, with tears in her eyes, and whispered, “I’ve never said those words out loud before. What if I’m right?” All I could do was hug her and whisper back, “You are.”
I believe our lives are in balance when we set an intention and affirm Divine Love. Now using the word love and speaking about living a live balanced in love can sound tricky. After all, the common definition surrounds everything personal. We have a holiday in February that is celebrated with Cupid, red roses and chocolate candy. With multiple definitions of the word love, I see them falling under four types:
Selfish Love
Selfish love is expressed for the sake of fulfillment; we get something in return. I love you because it makes me feel good about myself.
Conditional and Manipulative Love
Conditional and manipulative love is all about the barter, blame, and our own insecurities. If you love me first, I’ll love you in return. If you loved me, you would do what I’m asking.
Personal Love
Personal love is profoundly tender and felt deeply. It can be a passionate and/or deep affection, a personal attachment, and/or a deep desire. When we think of personal love, we usually add words like unconditional. Personal love is usually directed toward friends, family, significant others, spouses, and children.
Divine Love
In my opinion, Divine Love is Unconditional Love. It is impersonal. Divine love exists for the sake of loving and is not concerned about who or what it loves. Divine love doesn’t worry about having love returned. It just is.
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When we center on Divine Love, we are tapping into the unifying and harmonizing source that allows all aspects of our life to fall into place. The knowing that Divine Love is impersonal brings me great comfort. As I put out the intention of love toward everyone and everything many of my life challenges are resolved a lot easier, and I find a lot less conflict exists. Directing love toward someone doesn’t mean you want to have a drink with him or her, form a lasting relationship or go on vacation. It means you are able to see past whatever ego driven persona is masking whom they really are, and knowing they are doing the very best they can with where they are currently on their respective paths.
Focusing on Divine Love allows things like criticism, hate, selfishness, worry, resentment and anger toward yourself and others dissolve. It is your spirit’s spark through which you express compassion, tolerance and patience toward all. Have you ever wondered why you are experiencing a particular block in your life or why an affirmation you’ve been saying for MONTHS doesn’t appear to be working? While our good cannot be taken away from us, we most certainly can block it from happening.
Many of us are looking or have been looking for a long time to find love. We are looking for the right and perfect partner to share our lives. Before I met my husband almost four years ago, I wrote out a list of 25 things I wanted from an intimate loving relationship. Boy oh boy was I specific! During my journey to find the love of my life, I had to ask myself an important question:
• Are you being love?
If you are looking to receive love, you need to be love. The way to be the thing you want to receive the most is to tap into the limitless power of Divine Love within and shift your consciousness to know that you are love. Staring with affirming: I AM love. If you are not able to love yourself, you will create a block to receive love. If you don’t see the possibility of loving yourself, chances are great that you are also challenged in expressing it. We grow when we accept that we are love, we deserve love, we are loved and we are loving.
Challenging and changing our negative believes on what love is and our warranting it can feel overwhelming. Be gentle with yourself as you begin to recognize and tap into the power of love that has always been with you.
YES, you are LOVE.
YES, you are LOVED.
YES, you are LOVING.
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Humanity’s misfortune is when we don’t realize the very gifts we are! We don’t serve the rest of the world or ourselves by playing small. Live your life big! Own your truth! We must embrace the knowing that we deserve to live a life we love, one that supports who and what we are. We need to be willing to say, ‘Yes! I choose me!’
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© 2011 Michele Mattia. All Rights Reserved.
Michele, a nationally recognized speaker on both tv and radio, is an Inspirational Speaker, Best Selling Author, Life Design Coach, New Thought Leader and Creative Strategist. During a silent retreat five years ago, she asked herself the question: “What would I do right now if I wasn’t worried about the “how”?” What manifested next was nothing short of extraordinary! Specializing in Life Design, Michele’s mission is to inspire, support and co-create all possibilities her clients and audiences are courageous enough to demand. She motivates others to claim their unique gifts and talents, while owning that they deserve to create a dynamic and delicious life. Michele believes we must embrace the knowing that we deserve to live a life we love, one that supports who and what we are. We need to be willing to say, “Yes! I choose me!” To learn more about Michele and receive Michele’s Daily Dash, an empowering eZine, go to www.MicheleMattia.com
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