There’s nothing riskier or more intoxicating than love.
Love is waking up every day and courageously making a choice to be in it — invested, committed, and present.
Love is honoring yourself.
Love is giving your attention and presence whole-heartedly, without agenda.
Love is being vulnerable to pain and going for it anyway.
Love is working with yourself in compassionate ways, even when you don’t like yourself.
Love is acceptance of that which is imperfect.
Love is allowing yourself to feel what you feel when you feel it, even if it doesn’t make sense logically.
Love is leading with your heart.
Love is trusting what you can’t always see.
Love is an on-going process, that’s ever-changing and ever-evolving.
Love is being grateful for moments and experiences that fill you up with the all the feels (even the painful stuff).
Love is being true to yourself.
Love is a choice.
Love is a practice.
LOVE PRACTICE TOOL:
Below is a love-enhancing practice I learned and adapted from a coach friend of mine, Jasmin Bristow. My husband and I use this practice every evening. If you’re single, you can do this exercise with yourself just as effectively!
Take turns with each item below (in that order), saying your answers out loud. If you are doing the practice alone, you can either say your answers out loud or write them down.
If you decide to try this practice, aim to do it consecutively for 14-days. Take note of what shifts within you (and within your relationship, if you practice together).
No matter what, consider how you can love yourself a little more and a little better every day. If you need a reason to remember why it’s important to come back to love, read this.
P.S. Want more ways to enhance your love practice? Try this free guided meditation or go deeper and use this self-care, self-guided retreat to reduce stress and gain awareness.
