"Love is not a feeling. Feeling “something” is not love. Love is what you do in spite of what you feel. Love is fighting for the good of someone else even if they never even see the value of the sacrifice that you did to get love to them."
You've come a long way. You are here on this planet, existing and breathing because of a power beyond measure that resides deep within you.
In today's fast-paced world, we mistake infatuation for love and seek validation from external sources instead of looking within ourselves
This post is about reminding us that love, like the fire that fuels our spirit, is abundant. It's acknowledging that often our ways of expressing or receiving love can become skewed, leading to unnecessary suffering.
As human beings, we often find it too easy to project our negative emotions and opinions onto others. Driven by pride, stubbornness, and sometimes a sense of superiority, we may come to the realization that the root of many of our problems resides within ourselves.
Fire is often seen as destructive, associated with hell and suffering. But fire is also necessary for growth and rebirth, mirroring the natural cycle of life itself. Like fire, pain and suffering are necessary for joy and flourishing in life, but an imbalance can lead to more suffering.
Our perceptions of love have been misguided by societal constructs and the teachings of various religions. We are often led to associate love with pain - giving it too hastily in self-sacrifice or too sparingly in the name of self-preservation.
The world steps back as our egos expand, leading us down a path of transactional relationships, miss-placed entitlement, people-pleasing, over-achieving, and self-sabotage. We become so lost in this cycle that we fail to remember the simple truth that the world owes us nothing and that life is a miracle and a gift.
The sooner we wake up to the truth about love, the less we will suffer. The path to consciousness is not one of self-preservation, but self-discovery.
True magic unfolds when we live from our spirit and soul, resisting the pull of conformity and societal norms.
We must recognize the interconnectedness of all beings and remember that love is infinite. When we awaken to this truth, we can tap into our inner fire and use it to ignite positive change in ourselves and the world around us.
Love is a war, a battle we fight with love, not for love. It's easy to misconstrue our fight for love as hatred when we lose sight of our spirit. True love is abundant and selfless.
Just remember - you are the underdog of your own story. Keep rooting for yourself, keep nourishing your spirit, and keep spreading the love.
