INSPIRED TUESDAY –
A weekly pause for reflection—to inspire and be inspired.
When you feel the love that you have for yourself, that love ripples outward. If everything is energy – and love is energy too – then the love we feel for ourselves is what flows into the world. It means that even when we’re not physically together or actively doing something, our connection is intact.
Self-love is often described as acts of care – setting time aside, eating well, exercising. And while caring for our wellbeing is important, I’ve come to realize that true unconditional self-love isn’t found in the doing. It’s in the feeling. And feelings arise from within. For the experience of love, we must focus inward, not outward.
When I genuinely feel and am aware of the love I have for myself, my choices start to shift – effortlessly. They feel right. For example, I love sweets—truly love them. But one day, standing in the grocery store, I noticed something: I didn’t feel like buying them. Not because I told myself I shouldn’t, but because something within me had shifted.
The love came first, and my actions followed.
The more I turn inward and connect with the feeling of love, the more love expands. And from that place, my actions flow naturally. There is no need to force change – it simply happens as my perspective changes.
Sometimes our thoughts are so loud they feel urgent and important. But given time, they settle. And as they do, love, clarity, and peace emerge. Love is always present. We may not always feel it because our thoughts create noise and distraction. But just beneath those thoughts, there is stillness. And in that stillness, love is.
If you were to describe yourself in a moment when you experience love – do you have more or fewer thoughts on your mind? Most people say they have less or that the thoughts they do have feel insignificant in that moment.
The only thing that ever disrupts our experience of love is our focus on the thinking. And when we see the unimportance of those thoughts, our attention shifts – from thinking to experiencing love.
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