Today is Valentine’s Day
A Day of Love
To give Love
And to receive love
A Day of Forgiveness
Of self and of others
To be able to open ourselves
In order to receive love
For some today
There is no outside love
No physical love
Their lives have changed
Been turned upside down
Love snatched from them
Before they could say goodbye
Or in some cases long after they needed to say good bye
Leaving their hearts heavy
Their thoughts jumbled
Their capacity for love diminished
Or extinguished
Hating this day
And what it represents
But love is always there
Always present
Not from the outside
But from the inside
It’s difficult to feel love
When we become cynical
Jaded
And tired
But in order to receive love
We must give love
In order to give love
We must be love
Love ebbs and flows
But is always
Always
Present for us
Deep
Deep
Within our hearts
Because we are of love
Created from love
Born in love
To be love
To open to love
To encompass love
When we stop
To look around us
At the beauty of nature
At the beauty of every day
At the beauty of our breath
Of the change in seasons
The morning to night
We recognize there is a rhythm to life
And that rhythm stems from the pure
And unconditional place
Called love
Today is no different from any other day
Except it has been created
As a day
A special one
To remind us of the importance of love
When we can publicly
Or privately whatever turns us on
Acknowledge our greatest desire
To be loved
To be acknowledged
To be validated
To feel love in our hearts
In our bodies
In our minds
In our souls
To remind us not to take for granted
The love that exists in our lives
Inside of us
Every single day
It does not have to come in flowers
Or chocolates
Or cards
It just has to come from a place
Of unconditional love
Of no expectation
Of no fear
For when we allow ourselves to love
And to be loved
To give and to receive love
Our hearts open to more
Our compassion becomes greater
And we find
There is no need to judge
No need to hate
No need to envy
Because we realize there is a place for all of us
That place stemming from love
That comes from deep within us
Innate in us
Second nature to us
So even if this day means nothing to you
Reach deep within
And pull out that love
Surround yourself with it
And feel your spirit soar
Your mind expand
Your step lighten
And the impossible become the possible
Because in the absence of love
there is only fear
Love liberates us
From our own bondage
Gives us the power
And the will
To be
The best we can be
Embrace the freedom
The joy
The lightness of love
Because without love
We could not exist
Would not exist
Because we are love
Born of love
Exist in love
Because love is us
Each one of us
So rather than closing our hearts
To the love we are
Let’s give thanks today
For the rhythm of life
That stems from love
Pure and unconditional love
Our essence selves
Love...
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