Loving Myself Into Love
Loving myself into Love
I remember flying out that afternoon on my first trip to Cuba, anticipating what was to be, having no idea what to expect. It was June 19th and I opened up the little pocket book a dear friend had given me months before and began to write an intention for the trip. I was meeting some dear friends from Hawaii and we were to meet up with a couple of others from around the country. This is what I wrote:
“I envision all of the potentials and possibilities of myself, all others and this whole experience manifesting SO FULLY with ease, grace, FULL Love and support – more than we could Ever imagine for the Greatest Good of All involved and reverberating outwards to the whole Universe for All to benefit from and with!” As I write this to you I feel a swell of emotion well up as water in my eyes and energy building in my throat. What happened on that trip can only be described as a miracle, magic, and the expectations and possibilities of “myself, all others and this whole experience” absolutely did manifest in unbelievable ways that still mesmerize and touch me to this day.
I want to write to you about love. Where love is, all is love. Life thrives and shines forth it’s gifts and sacred talents for the greater good, in service to all.
On the second trip to Cuba, I wrote another intention. I was going alone this time, deepening into what I experienced on that first trip. Again, anxious with anticipation, having no idea what this trip would hold, I sat there on that plane, opened my heart and wrote something like this:
“I am welcomed with open arms and open hearts.”
Needless to say, this trip expanded on everything I had touched upon the first trip and opened me up to a deeper and more integral part of myself. I was given some “instructions” from a dear Padrino I went to see and came home with more direction and focus personally.
Shortly after my arrival home, I taught a salsa lesson at the art museum in town. Sporting a bright blue turquois top I bought from a friend on La Isla, I remember feeling so free, so alive and so open right inside of myself. I remember my twin sister saying to me after that night, “This is who you really are.”
As time went on, that shine and feeling dissipated. I went back into some old rhythms and patterns from the past that no longer served me. When my sister and I would have a fight or an argument, she would say, “When you got back from Cuba, that was who you really are! What happened?”
After hearing this a few times over, it was as if a door opened and I saw the light.
When I was in Cuba, there was so much love around me. The people welcomed me with open arms and open hearts, which was exactly what I wanted. I was loved up so much by all that I opened up to love. I began to realize that where love is, love blossoms and blooms. Where love isn’t, things become twisted and dis-eased. Life dies and things do not blossom and thrive, they fight desperately for the love that we all want and need to truly thrive.
Love is a choice, love is a possibility. Everything may not seem like “love” or feel like “love”, however, it is our choice to be love.
How can you be love RIGHT NOW in your life?
What actions and steps will you take to love yourself and others more fully today?
Post your comments below in the comment thread. This is so important and I want to hear from you.
To all of those in Cuba and around the world who are a part of this continuing journey:
Thank you for loving me into love.
Reeferences:
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