Love – A Meditation

Love flows through me to all when I share it.
Love is boundless
- like water flowing from an endless source
- endless so long as I draw from that source
- so long as the stream of love flows through me.

The moment I share all the love in my heart it is then full again.
Love is not something sparing that I have to measure out
- so much here, so much there.
I don't have to draw up a budget for wise spending:
But I have to be wise in how I share.
This love is not from me - it is from beyond:
It passes through me onward.

I feel it as it passes.
I feel it as I send it toward someone particular,
or as I share with all the world when I go deep within myself.
But it is more than mine to share.
I am a channel for eternal love if I open myself to love.
Now love flows through me to others.

My chosen one and I share a particular love.
From this love we commit to share life together -
each moment together in a special way.

I love others deeply as well -
each for who they are in themselves and as they are special to me.
Do I remember then to channel eternal love and kindness? -
Or do I become so caught up in personal feeling that I forget?

I forget sometimes I admit.
Now I am remembering: this love is not all mine –
it comes from the source.
Perhaps it has a special character as water from a chosen spring,
but it comes from the source and is ours to share more than to give.

Do I restrict my love to someone because of their role?
Do I love my mother because she is my mother -
and forget she is also human?
She needs my love now in her humanness.
If I miss her humanness, I fail to send the love she needs.

We are all more than our roles to each other.
We are all human together –
souls sharing a journey.
Our love for each other embraces us fully when we share from the source.

Do I forget to replenish my thirst when I share from the source?
There's a thought!
Can the source pass through me and I drink not? –
finding all my reward in giving to others?
Yes, oh yes, I can! -

But the source is here for my soul as well as all others.
My soul is no less worthy of life giving love.
I stand beside the flowing water;
I feel it flow through me;
it invites me to drink.

Now when I channel this love I will remember to drink my fill as well –
I will no longer find myself starved for love –
giving to others in hopes of receiving love back.

Drink first and then share!
Then and finally then share from plenty
to now give plenty with no thought of return!

This in itself it love.

Life, Love, Beauty

Find a place in life for spirit –

- A place for love and the expression of love,

- A place for beauty.

Have the courage to say: "I love you!"

Treasure that place of love even in contention.

Keep that place of love free of passing anger, no matter how deep the offense.

Find all the small, wonderful ways to show love.

Accept responsibility only from love and not from obligation.

Appreciate beauty and take it in with every breath.

Treasure each breath is the greatest beauty we know, as each breath brings life in which to treasure beauty.

Let your soul be free to feel and to share beauty and love as it longs to do.

Find a space to see or hear only beauty and to feel only love each day.

Keep this space quiet and pure.

Center yourself here and find renewal here.

Experience yourself as loved, cherished and valued by you and know that the universe marvels at your wondrous creation.

Remember: The universe admires all that is: why should we take exception?

Now let love, beauty, peace and appreciation for all things fill your heart, and invite your fears, resentments and angers to feel and appreciate them too.