People need to let go of fear....
Yes I know, right now I am guilty of not letting go of past fears and living in the now. But I am trying and here are my thoughts:
The basic components of love
Love is an emotion, a feeling, a wanting, and a being. It feels good, but what are the specific?.... Here are the common denominators of love... If you feel like you know the answers already, maybe you need to practice patience and open your mind farther.... You could end up happier as a result. :) As this lack of open mindedness and patience could be standing in your way.
Love is acceptance
Acceptance is considering someone as "okay" and you have no particular desire to change them (He still smokes and I am really ok with it, etc). Who they are is perfectly fine with you. You set no conditions on whether you will love them or not. This is the true nature unconditional love. When your love is conditional, then the moment the other person steps outside your set of conditions, love vanishes...
Love appreciates the other...
Appreciation goes beyond acceptance. Its when your focus is on what you like about another. We look at them and feel this an all over appreciation for who they are, their happiness, their insights, the strengths, their humor, their companionship, etc. When someone says they are "in love" with another, they mean their appreciation is so large for this person that the other always is large in their thoughts...
Love is wanting another to feel good and to help them grow...
We want those we love to be happy, safe, healthy, and fulfilled. We want them to "feel good" in all ways, physically, mentally and emotionally. We want them to grow.
Love expressed is when you give your attention, your time, your focus to someone.
There are many ways in which we give our attention to another. We can use our ears to listen, our eyes to see, Being completely present with the one who is speaking (even when we think we know what they are going to say or have heard it before), watching another, undivided attention. Touching, giving a hug, holding a hand, a caress, or sexual expression. It can take the form of thoughts, thinking about another, or gifts, both the thought that went into the gift and the actual physical giving of it.
It is all about remembering that every thing we do, most of all our patience and our time, and how we apply ourselves for this person. If they truly mean so much to us then lets actively show it as much as possible. The rewards are endless.
The basic components of love
Love is an emotion, a feeling, a wanting, and a being. It feels good, but what are the specific?.... Here are the common denominators of love... If you feel like you know the answers already, maybe you need to practice patience and open your mind farther.... You could end up happier as a result. :) As this lack of open mindedness and patience could be standing in your way.
Love is acceptance
Acceptance is considering someone as "okay" and you have no particular desire to change them (He still smokes and I am really ok with it, etc). Who they are is perfectly fine with you. You set no conditions on whether you will love them or not. This is the true nature unconditional love. When your love is conditional, then the moment the other person steps outside your set of conditions, love vanishes...
Love appreciates the other...
Appreciation goes beyond acceptance. Its when your focus is on what you like about another. We look at them and feel this an all over appreciation for who they are, their happiness, their insights, the strengths, their humor, their companionship, etc. When someone says they are "in love" with another, they mean their appreciation is so large for this person that the other always is large in their thoughts...
Love is wanting another to feel good and to help them grow...
We want those we love to be happy, safe, healthy, and fulfilled. We want them to "feel good" in all ways, physically, mentally and emotionally. We want them to grow.
Love expressed is when you give your attention, your time, your focus to someone.
There are many ways in which we give our attention to another. We can use our ears to listen, our eyes to see, Being completely present with the one who is speaking (even when we think we know what they are going to say or have heard it before), watching another, undivided attention. Touching, giving a hug, holding a hand, a caress, or sexual expression. It can take the form of thoughts, thinking about another, or gifts, both the thought that went into the gift and the actual physical giving of it.
It is all about remembering that every thing we do, most of all our patience and our time, and how we apply ourselves for this person. If they truly mean so much to us then lets actively show it as much as possible. The rewards are endless.