Saturday, February 11, 2012

The Joy of Connecting ~ Introduction to Loving Ourselves




Recently I have been asked to consult on several projects.  When I sit down with people the thing that goes through my head is, “what do they think that I have to offer?” And “are they doing this project from a place of joy?”

I am always interested in working with people on any project that they think I would be able to offer a gift in.  However, the person I am working with needs to be in it for the same reason.  If I am connecting my light with this other person, it has to be for something other than money.

One of the greatest gifts I ever gave myself was the gift of love.  It began the day that I stopped equating having love with being in love.  I realized that the validation that I equated with someone loving me was something I needed to give to myself.

We cannot love while we each live in our own world, at every moment concerned with ourselves.  When we seek inner security through outward relationship, we are using relationship as a means of escape from loneliness.  We depend on another for comfort, companionship, or pleasure.  We use one another.  This state is not love.

                                                                                    John Mc Afee
                                                                                    The Fabric of Self

I am loving myself and that is where the joy begins.

Express your love for yourself to yourself today. 

Joyfully yours,

Robyn

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