The greatest miracle of my humanity is my heart. The limitless capacity to love and be loved captures my attention now and then. I wonder if my heart is not my Soul and my Soul is not my heart. How can anything so human be capable of immense love? How can anything physical and defined hold so much?
I observe and witness how easily I love everyone I meet. Rarely have I ever met someone whose presence I would rather not be in. Over the course of my lifetime I have experienced so many different forms of love…but love is love. Some love I understand…some I do not. There is the love for my parents…my first loves. The love for my sisters and being the eldest child that love was formed from the beginning of each life. There is the love for my extended family, childhood friends, schoolmates, teachers, neighbors, coworkers, boss', everyone I encountered seemed to have something worthwhile, something to love and care about. As I grew into adulthood I found romantic love and all the complexities of family life. Everything I did from volunteering, to teaching, to care giving, to forming new bonds and friendships…love is at the center of all I do and all I am.
As Yoga teacher and Reiki Master I love all my students and everyone who comes to my table. As caregiver I love the elders in my life. The great loves are my children, now my granddaughter. I wonder how this heart of mine can love like I do? How expansive is my love? Today there is another love…the love for a wonderful man. I am awed by the expansive love in my heart that is beyond this human form…that seems to merge with the Ocean and the Universe…this love that moves me, fills me, holds me, uplifts me, washes over me…there are no words to describe fully my human heart. The capacity to love is a mystery because there is no framework, there is no limit, there is no boundary.
My human heart Knows that the greatest of all gifts is Love. That is why we are here…to Love. To Love with abandon, to love fully and embrace all that love holds. To Know that our great purpose is to Love. To love what we do and to do what we love. To love and to be loved. The greatest of these is the journey to self love. I have found this to be true…it is easy to love others…the great challenge is to love myself. That was my purpose for retreating to the Adirondacks…to make the journey to self love. This is the profound difference in my life today…because I love myself I am better able to love others fully and freely. There is freedom in self love that we cannot find anywhere else. It brings a sense of gratitude and respect for this body temple and the compassion and kindness to myself for the past. I view my life and myself with a softer lens. Perhaps that is why my human heart is so expansive…because of the freedom I have found through self love. All I do know is this: every step, every moment has led me to right here, right now…and there is no where else I'd rather be.
May you find yourself swimming in the love that surrounds you. Immerse yourself and meditate on the love in your life. The love you give and the love you receive…and may you feel your heart expand and let go. May you find the freedom that love brings to your life. And may you be blessed with the Knowledge that Love is the greatest gift of all.
"There are in the end three things that last: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is Love." Corinthians 1:13
With love & blessings,
Kathleen
