Love

Today is Valentine’s Day

A Day of Love

To give Love

And to receive love

A Day of Forgiveness

Of self and of others

To be able to open ourselves

In order to receive love

For some today

There is no outside love

No physical love

Their lives have changed

Been turned upside down

Love snatched from them

Before they could say goodbye

Or in some cases long after they needed to say good bye

Leaving their hearts heavy

Their thoughts jumbled

Their capacity for love diminished

Or extinguished

Hating this day

And what it represents

But love is always there

Always present

Not from the outside

But from the inside

It’s difficult to feel love

When we become cynical

Jaded

And tired

But in order to receive love

We must give love

In order to give love

We must be love

Love ebbs and flows

But is always

Always

Present for us

Deep

Deep

 Within our hearts

Because we are of love

Created from love

Born in love

To be love

To open to love

To encompass love

When we stop

To look around us

At the beauty of nature

At the beauty of every day

At the beauty of our breath

Of the change in seasons

The morning to night

We recognize there is a rhythm to life

And that rhythm stems from the pure

And unconditional place

Called love

Today is no different from any other day

Except it has been created

As a day

A special one

To remind us of the importance of love

When we can publicly

Or privately whatever turns us on

Acknowledge our greatest desire

To be loved

To be acknowledged

To be validated

To feel love in our hearts

In our bodies

In our minds

In our souls

To remind us not to take for granted

The love that exists in our lives

Inside of us

Every single day

It does not have to come in flowers

Or chocolates

Or cards

It just has to come from a place

Of unconditional love

Of no expectation

Of no fear

For when we allow ourselves to love

And to be loved

To give and to receive love

Our hearts open to more

Our compassion becomes greater

And we find

There is no need to judge

No need to hate

No need to envy

Because we realize there is a place for all of us

That place stemming from love

That comes from deep within us

Innate in us

Second nature to us

So even if this day means nothing to you

Reach deep within

And pull out that love

Surround yourself with it

And feel your spirit soar

Your mind expand

Your step lighten

And the impossible become the possible

Because in the absence of love 

there is only fear

Love liberates us

From our own bondage

Gives us the power

And the will

To be

The best we can be

Embrace the freedom

The joy

The lightness of love

Because without love

We could not exist

Would not exist

Because we are love

Born of love

Exist in love

Because love is us

Each one of us

So rather than closing our hearts

To the love we are

Let’s give thanks today

For the rhythm of life

That stems from love

Pure and unconditional love

Our essence selves

Love...