Facing the Storm

Love. What is love? It is the driving force in all aspects of life. It can bring light and it can crumble into darkness. It is in what we do every day. In every contact, there is love. You walk away because you love yourself and sometimes because you love the person you walk away from. It can turn us towards our path in life, our calling, and it can turn us from a certain path. One thing is for certain in all areas, love takes strength. Love requires stepping out of our comfort zone. We give our hearts to the ones we choose and the ones who are bonded by blood. But we give our hearts in our contacts with others as well.  The hardest thing love asks of us is to love ourselves.

Throughout our lives we are asked to choose to face experiences with love, whether its love for ourselves or love for others. There will always be something we fear in our way, but do we choose love or do we move in fear. It could be that we are being asked to acknowledge fear and let it be our caution as we walk into our light. Fear can be a tool used by love to move with caution, but ultimately moving despite fear is our best option. We face true resistance when we allow ourselves to be guided or stopped completely by fear.

The real challenge isn’t the journey. The real challenge lies in choosing to allow yourself to move despite the fear. When we allow fear to win, love loses. Self-love, love of others, even romantic loves. We choose to stay in our patterns because they are safe we are denying ourselves and denying those we love.

What do you stand to lose by letting go of that fear? A new opportunity, whether its personal or career. I ask you, what is there to win by holding on to fear? A wise man once said a buffalo faces the storm, a cow runs from it. Which do you want to be, the cow or the buffalo? Face the storm or run from it and be unprepared for the outcome? Are we ever truly happy when we stand in our fear?