It seems like it would be so easy to allow yourself to receive the love of friends and supporters. However I find that I need to ask myself to allow it to penetrate me. Leslie and I had the most beautiful book signing event at Enchanted Moments. Everyone working in the store was so loving and encouraging and then our friends starting arriving until the store was completely filled with our friends. Strangers were caught up in the powerful energy that permeated and uplifted the entire store. Leslie and I were blown away by the warm feelings of all who entered that evening.
Still, I needed to encourage myself to truly experience the loving support. I needed to take down any defenses that I had and simply receive the gift of love. It was wonderful and delicious and I am still basking in the joy of it all.
When you are offered love, take it in. Don’t just minimize it or tell yourself that it was not true. Believe it and breathe it in fully. Appreciate the beauty of being loved. And pass it on. All of us need to learn to give and receive love. My experience is that most of us are pretty good at giving it and not as good at receiving it. Just like breathing takes an inbreath and an outbreath, we need to take in love as well as give it out. Thank you to all of you who offered your loving support to Leslie and me. We took it in, we appreciate it and we will pass it on. Thank you so much for the gift.
