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This wonderful article appeared in my mailbox this morning, and at the risk of preaching to the converted, I post it here.
The Grace of Unconditional Love by Harold W. Becker
It is usually during times where we face the greatest challenges in life that we also create the most beautiful opportunities. These are the moments where we often initially feel the intense sense of helplessness or hopelessness, fear and doubt. Yet, when we are fortunate to be aware of the present now mome...
It is usually during times where we face the greatest challenges in life that we also create the most beautiful opportunities. These are the moments where we often initially feel the intense sense of helplessness or hopelessness, fear and doubt. Yet, when we are fortunate to be aware of the present now moment, remember to take a deep breath, release our attachment to the challenge and the outcome, and allow unconditional love as our perspective — we experience grace.
When challenges loom large and threatening, our first response is typically one of a reactive role towards some outer condition, person or thing. We look at the screen of life and assume it as our true reality wholly forgetting our inner presence and creative potential in the moment. If we continue to remain in this narrow point of view, we take on the energy and become victims of circumstance.
These moments are the reminder that we can go within and realize what is really happening: we are facing our limited thoughts and feelings that at some point we allowed to become a part of our consciousness. Because we allowed these fractional notions in, they are adding to our limited view of life instead of understanding the bigger picture… and there is always a bigger picture.
Unconditional love is this grander reality. When we fully embrace and accept ourselves and our choices, know our infinite ability to imagine something new, and give our heart a chance to express the wisdom of the ages, we invite the grace that is always present to be a part of our experience.
We are more than our material surroundings, things, beliefs, titles, relationships and communities. We are vast, creative multidimensional beings with enormous potential, deep compassion, and incredible courage and strength. Thinking with our heart, we bring hope, help, caring, knowing, unity and solutions. Sharing this journey with each other, we reveal a new potential that includes the best for all. This is the grace of unconditional love.
Embrace and celebrate the moments of challenge for they simply point the way to our heart, where a brighter future filled with unlimited possibility awaits.
Harold W. Becker Author/speaker/MBA. Passionate about unconditional love and human potential. www.internalinsights.com, www.thelovefoundation.com
I am thankful that wherever I am, Love is I am thankful that right now, Love is with me I am thankful that you are in my heart, Love I am thankful Love, that you are with me in my future I am thankful Love, that you are with me in my joy I am thankful that you are with me in my sorrow, Love I am thankful that you are with me in my tears, Love I am thankful that you are with me in my grief, Love I am thankful Love, that you are even with me in my...
I am thankful that wherever I am, Love is I am thankful that right now, Love is with me I am thankful that you are in my heart, Love I am thankful Love, that you are with me in my future I am thankful Love, that you are with me in my joy I am thankful that you are with me in my sorrow, Love I am thankful that you are with me in my tears, Love I am thankful that you are with me in my grief, Love I am thankful Love, that you are even with me in my anger I am thankful that you are with me in my work, Love I am thankful that you are with me in my mornings, Love I am thankful that you are with me in my driving, Love I am thankful that you are with me when my thoughts are far away, Love I am thankful that you are with me in my despair, Love I am thankful that you are with me in my doubts, Love I am thankful Love, that you are with me when I have forgotten you I am thankful that you are with me when I am lonely, Love I am thankful that you are with me in my kindness, Love I am thankful that you are with me even when I am unkind, Love I am thankful that you are with me in the day, Love I am thankful that you are with me in the night-time, Love I am thankful that you are with me in my hopes, Love I am thankful that you are with me through my fears, Love I am thankful that you are with me unconditionally, Love I am thankful that you reveal yourself to me in friends, Love I am thankful that you reveal yourself to me in nature, Love I am thankful that you reveal yourself to me in smiles, Love I am thankful that you reveal yourself to me in stories, Love I am thankful that you reveal yourself to me in songs, Love I am thankful that you reveal yourself to me in skies, Love I am thankful that you reveal yourself to me in sunsets, Love I am thankful that you reveal yourself to me in moons and in moonlight, Love I am thankful that you reveal yourself to me in children, Love I am thankful that you reveal yourself to me in feelings, Love I am thankful that you reveal yourself to me in emotions, Love I am thankful that you are with me when I am lifted high, Love I am thankful that you are with me when I am laid low, Love I am thankful that Love has always been with me I am thankful that Love will always be with me I am thankful that nothing can separate me from Love, for Love is who I am I am thankful for the Love in you. I am thankful today for you!
Music has it’s very own special energy indeed. Once enjoyed, it can remain with us for the rest of our lives, sending out ripples from its centre, from that moment when we first heard it long ago. At first it has sound, its loudness, its quietness and then it is no longer heard, but buried within us, hidden only to surface again in another time another place and with it bring a new sense of joy, a new energy. Which is a great analogy for the way our kindness ripples out unseen, at first ...
Music has it’s very own special energy indeed. Once enjoyed, it can remain with us for the rest of our lives, sending out ripples from its centre, from that moment when we first heard it long ago. At first it has sound, its loudness, its quietness and then it is no longer heard, but buried within us, hidden only to surface again in another time another place and with it bring a new sense of joy, a new energy. Which is a great analogy for the way our kindness ripples out unseen, at first full of action and energy, but then hidden from our view, yet surfacing to touch so many lives in the near and far future. And yet there is another direction which music takes us, a direction into the present, in the now of our lives. Music can take us on an adventure, to new places we’ve not yet been, new experiences we’d otherwise have missed, paths we would perhaps not have chosen.
Peace, like Courage, Truth, Love and Hope is always present within. I forget this quite a lot, but remember more than I used to as well! :))) Breathing helps me to welcome it into my daily life, into the present moment.
The joy of my children, such an unexpected joy! I had no idea of the depth of joy they would bring – and still do :)))
Wonderful story Margaret, thanks for sharing 🙂
Breathe Bless Be …at rest
and in doing so may we bless ourselves 🙂
Yes, it resonated with my recent feelings too. I am doing far more breathing this past couple of days. It is almost as if I had been forgetting to breathe for the past few weeks. Oh, we have had such a troubled time of it with many family matters and although they come to nothing, they have been many and continuous. We do keep on being surprised about how things keep working out for the good (and the best!). I keep waiting for a time to arrive when I can take a deep breath and sit back a...
Yes, it resonated with my recent feelings too. I am doing far more breathing this past couple of days. It is almost as if I had been forgetting to breathe for the past few weeks. Oh, we have had such a troubled time of it with many family matters and although they come to nothing, they have been many and continuous. We do keep on being surprised about how things keep working out for the good (and the best!). I keep waiting for a time to arrive when I can take a deep breath and sit back and say ‘well, that was some time of it’, but I do believe that we are (all of us) learning to breathe in the midst of it all. And while that seems difficult, I also do believe that we are more than capable of this too. Be a blessing. (Oh, soft snowfall, how lovely!)
May you be filled with loving-kindness
an ending of endings for a while! :))
As Karen Drucker says, “I am a gift, no matter what age, no matter how I look, there’s beauty in each stage. I am a gift, and I promise every day, when I look in the mirror I’ll say, “I am a gift.”
Love is the timeless healer. Know you are blessed, know you are Loved. 🙂
I Love this Anne. Beginning with each breath we take, we once again become who we really are. Love and Light 🙂
Hi Deb, I don’t know much about dream interpretation, but we DO live in Love all the day long. It’s who we are and what we’re all about – wouldn’t it be a wonderful thing if we could simply resolve all our troubles, thoughts and worries in the Light of Love? Be a blessing! :)))
Deb. Sometimes in our dreams we find ourselves to be powerless and that things are overwhelming, which of course, reflects how we may sometimes feel about our waking life. I don’t know, but this definitely shows that you care deeply, so deeply about life, about your brothers and sisters. Shows the great depth of your heart. :)))
As I was driving this evening I noticed a large bird just soaring across my view until it disappeared over my right shoulder. I wanted to stop right there and follow it further, but knew that the moment had already gone. It was a wonderful moment 🙂 And the Moon, tonight was not just The Moon but also A moon, a round sphere of a body, hard to explain but more than usual. We are all One, yes 🙂
Thank you, a wonderful reminder 🙂
Thank you both 🙂
can I ask what your username means please? It’s only because, a couple of years ago I saw this stenciled on the ground and on a stone in the park. It would give me a great lift whenever I saw it.
When I remember to do so, I try to sit with these feeling before me in the Light of Love, I in the Light and invite them in too 🙂
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