Saying "I Love You", Often and Honestly....

The three most powerful words ever spoken from one to another: "I Love You". When spoken with an honest and open heart, this phrase carries the most weight when voicing our true feelings of closeness. On the other hand, these same words, when spoken with a cold and calculating heart, can be the most manipulative and selfish words uttered to another.

I make it a point to tell the ones I care for deeply that I love them often. Whether it be in person, on the phone, via e-mail, text or by any other means of communication. When I speak or write these words, I mean them every time. I hold great reverence for this phrase and would never use it for any reason other than the purpose than it implies.

Unfortunately, I cannot say this for everyone. I cannot hold true that whoever says this phrase honestly means it. I have seen and heard this phrase being misused and abused by many. I have come to learn that these insincere individuals take advantage of others by using these words to manipulate and hold power. You see, dear reader, "I love you" holds much power because of its monumental meaning.

I would like you to take a bit more time to show your love and to speak it out loud as often as necessary with grace. You may find by doing this that the recipients will be more receptive to your true feelings than you might have otherwise thought. People do need to hear these words from their loved ones. It's a positive affirmation as well as a call to comfort and acceptance. We all need to be loved, and to know that we are loved is of utmost importance. Please also be mindful of those around you who are not sincere in expressing their love for you. Look to see beyond these words for what ulterior motive may be behind it. Do not allow yourself to succumb to another's lies and deceit in order to fulfill a need. It will only end in a most hurtful and painful way.

My hope for you, dear reader, is to have a life filled with love and laughter. To be happy and secure within yourself so that you can share your love with one another in a most pure and beautiful way. With only sincere intentions, and an open heart.

For You....

When I saw this, I just could not help but put it up here. This is what I wish for you, dear reader,every single day.

Saying "I Love You" often and honestly.......

The three most powerful words ever spoken from one to another: "I Love You". When spoken with an honest and open heart, this phrase carries the most weight when voicing our true feelings of closeness. On the other hand, these same words, when spoken with a cold and calculating heart, can be the most manipulative and selfish words uttered to another.

I make it a point to tell the ones I care for deeply that I love them often. Whether it be in person, on the phone, via e-mail, text or by any other means of communication. When I speak or write these words, I mean them every time. I hold great reverence for this phrase and would never use it for any reason other than the purpose than it implies.

Unfortunately, I cannot say this for everyone. I cannot hold true that whoever says this phrase honestly means it. I have seen and heard this phrase being misused and abused by many. I have come to learn that these insincere individuals take advantage of others by using these words to manipulate and hold power. You see, dear reader, "I love you" holds much power because of its monumental meaning.

I would like you to take a bit more time to show your love and to speak it out loud as often as necessary with grace. You may find by doing this that the recipients will be more receptive to your true feelings than you might have otherwise thought. People do need to hear these words from their loved ones. It's a positive affirmation as well as a call to comfort and acceptance. We all need to be loved, and to know that we are loved is of utmost importance. Please also be mindful of those around you who are not sincere in expressing their love for you. Look to see beyond these words for what ulterior motive may be behind it. Do not allow yourself to succumb to another's lies and deceit in order to fulfill a need. It will only end in a most hurtful and painful way.

My hope for you, dear reader, is to have a life filled with love and laughter. To be happy and secure within yourself so that you can share your love with one another in a most pure and beautiful way. With only sincere intentions, and an open heart.

Sometimes, Bad Things Happen to Good People for No Reason.... Really.

I have always found it a bit difficult to have sympathy for good people who make blatantly bad decisions and then cry about the resulting negative consequences afterwards. On the other hand, when I see horrible adversities thrust upon those who are in no way deserving or responsible, my heart bleeds for them. We all have had these types of challenges brought to us in one way or another, some being much more severe than ever anticipated.

Whenever I have been faced with one of these tragedies, I've tried to reflect and learn as much as I could from it and to turn that experience around to be an asset of sorts. Whether I share my experience with others who have found themselves in the same situation or to makes things right by advocating for the victim, I always realize that my vision on the world around me has taken on a slightly different perspective for the better.

In any circumstance, we all have the same question: "Why?" or "Why Me?" Well, for the ones that have made a bad choice, that answer is always quite clear and comes with time and enlightenment. But for those find themselves legitimately victimized by horrid events, I have the answer: "There is no good reason and you may never fully recover; and that's OK."

Let me try and explain my theory a bit better. I feel as though we are all interconnected on this earth, therefore we all matter and no one is more significant than another. For example: There is a plane crash and 100 out 123 people die. Were 23 of these souls more important than the other 100? Did they maybe pray harder? Did the dead all live lives full of evil doings, and therefore, deserve to die in a big flaming ball of fire? The simple answer is NO! Now, in retrospect, anyone can say that none of them should have gotten on the plane in the first place and so they were all responsible for their demise, but really?

I know that this was a very simplistic example, but what I am trying to ultimately convey is a sense of peace and understanding. That bad things just happen to good people and it's painful to watch these poor souls in the aftermath trying to figure out and justify what has just happened to them. Some carry these questions around for the rest of their entire lives with no answers in sight. In doing so, it is very difficult to try to (with time) do some healing. Some wounds will never fully heal and that's OK also. I just want to help alleviate some of the burden; to tell you that it's alright and that you have no responsibility and you will not have an answer to these questions simply because there is none.

Please do not misunderstand my motivations for this post, as I am an avid believer in prayer and I'm probably one of the most hopeful people you'd ever know. I wish light and love to guide you through these hard times with a little less guilt and the second guessing along the way. May a peaceful and harmonious road await you.


NOTE: I write these blog posts from a Spiritual perspective as opposed to a Religious one. Reason being, I want my blog to be All inclusive and therefore, would Never want to offend anyone. I am accepting of all peoples no matter what they do or do not believe. Peace ;-)