Crazy little thing call LOVE

I never thought I would write about LOVE because for me, when it comes to LOVE, I just feel it, I live it, embrace it and let it manage.  Still think it’s true.

But I found this amazing draft about my favorite power of all…

In order to hear Love’s words, you must allow Love to approach.

However, when it does draw near, we fear what it might say to us, because Love is free and is not ruled by our will or by what we do.

All lovers know this, but refuse to accept it. They think they can seduce Love through submission, power, beauty, wealth, tears and smiles. 
True Love, however, is the love that seduces and will never allow itself to be seduced.

Love transforms, love heals. 
But sometimes it lays deadly traps and ends up destroying the person who decided to surrender himself completely.

How can the force that moves the world and keeps the stars in their places be, at once, so creative and so devastating?

We are used to thinking that what we give is the same as what we receive, but people who love, expecting to be loved in return, are wasting their time.

Love is an act of faith, not an exchange.

Contradictions are what make love grow. 
Conflicts are what allow love to remain by our side. 

Our great goal in life is to love. The rest is silence.

We need to love. 
Even when it leads us to the land where the lakes are made of tears, to that secret, mysterious place, the land of tears!

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13

An attribute of the strong

Tonight on my path to happiness I was able to use a magnificent power. Tonight, I closed my eyes and let forgiveness take over me.  My entire self changed and did what I thought was impossible; I smiled and put away all my resentment, pain and anger.   

I understood that forgiveness is a choice, a decision. Is a commitment to a process of change.

The liberating feeling is humanly indescribable, and is tied to feelings of understanding, empathy and compassion for the one who hurt you.  But I found that the act of forgiveness is not something you do as a gift for the other person, but as a gift for yourself.

"When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life. You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself." - Lewis B. Smedes

Forgiveness doesn't justify the wrong but you can forgive without excusing the act. Maybe you don’t forget, but over time you will.  Forgiveness brings a kind of peace that helps you go on with life.  If you're unforgiving you will never be free of the pain. 

Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. - Luke 6:37 

Move on, become the person that you always wanted to be, start a new life, and reach for something better, something new, and something else.  Forgive because according to medical studies, forgiveness can lead you to healthier relationships, greater spiritual and psychological well-being, lower blood pressure, fewer symptoms of depression, less anxiety, less stress, less hostility and lower risk of alcohol and substance abuse.

Let go, forgive yourself and practice forgiveness because the greatest compensation is FREEDOM.