Dear Love:
I write this letter on behalf of many who don’t believe in you or who have grown weary of your games…
I used to think you were elusive, only for those lucky enough to have found you playfully skipping stones in the early morning sun…
You seemed aloof… staying one step ahead, turning around long enough to catch my eye, so I would quicken my step…but you would race ahead and I would lose you among the sea of faces before me…
I searched for you everywhere…in a bar, a lonely cafe, across the street, in a movie, a book or an old photograph…I yearned for your touch, I longed for your soft voice to whisper in my ear…my heart ached for you…my mind wandered…
It was strange wanting something so much my whole body ached for it…being so lonely for something that I had never held in my hand…
WHY COULDN’T YOU FIND ME?
Was I LOST? Was I INVISIBLE? Was I not destined to feel such emotion…such depth…why were you hiding? Do you not exist?
I see you in the lives of others but not my own…I concluded, YOU DO NOT EXIST FOR ME.
I stare out my window, looking through the blinds as the world passes me by…as YOU pass me by…I sit alone, tears escape from my eyes…
Love, you have abandoned me and I don’t understand why…can you explain?
Confused and concerned,
Tina (on behalf of so many hurting hearts)
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Dear Tina:
My sweet child, thank you for asking…I will speak to you and to all the others who feel as you once did…
You do not see. You do not see the beautiful person before you, nor do you see the warmth, grace and light you bring to the world.
You do not have to search for me…I am not elusive, aloof or hiding from you…nor are you invisible or unworthy of my presence…
YOU ARE THE LOVE YOU SEEK.
LOVE is the essence of who you are…you do not have to search for it…it is already inside you…longing to be shared…yearning to be appreciated…hoping you will recognize it within yourSELF…see it, feel it and then express it…LOVE wants to encompass every thought, emotion and action you create…LOVE patiently waits until you can hear the whispers in your ear…LOVE never left your side because LOVE exists within. Every fibre of your being is LOVE.
YOU. ARE. LOVE.
I exist in every breath…
I exist in memories, and smiles that come from within…
I exist in a thought…
I exist now as I did ten years ago as I did a thousand years before that…
I exist even if you don’t believe in me…
Where do I reside?
Everywhere.
If we LOVE OURSELVES, the world will love us back…do you understand?
We radiate that which we are…we reflect that which we are…your gifts are our gifts…your love, is our love…your pain becomes our pain…your kindness becomes our kindness…
My dear, YOU ARE A GIFT OF LOVE. All the love you need exists inside of you and by uncovering, honoring and sharing that deep, unconditional, pure energy it will be reflected back upon you.
LOVE is not elusive nor are you unworthy of LOVE’S presence.
If the world nurtures the seed that exists in us all, the world would have a garden of kindness and compassion for others to turn to if they lose their way. Once nurtured, love not only exists, it thrives, grows and continues to blossom not only in SELF, but in the hearts and lives of others.
TODAY IS A GIFT. TODAY IS A GIFT OF LOVE.
HONOR THIS GIFT BECAUSE YOU ARE THE GIFT AND THAT WHICH WE ARE, REFLECTS BACK TO US.
With warmth and grace…your life partner,
LOVE
