Finding Love

A Very Brief Recipe

A friend recently asked me about finding love.

People say that, with romantic love, everything looks brighter. The sky, the sun, the pavement and the jokes that didn't even seem funny before all seem to have a bit more of a shimmer. Suddenly, people’s flaws are easier to dismiss, cats are easier to snuggle, dogs are easier to walk and kids are easier to laugh with since we suddenly we love everyone just a little bit more.

So, how do we get there? Here’s one recipe…

Please add yours to the mix in the Comment Section.

Finding Love

A Very Brief Recipe

Be Open

Settle into the concept of possibilities. Un-limit. Let yourself recognize that love can exist here in real life. Love can walk down the street, hold hands and open doors; love can sit in coffee shops and have conversations. Love can be an everyday part of life. Love can be tangible. Allow the potential to be there, as an option – a myriad of options. Try not to limit love to specific fantasies or parameters, but rather allow love to show up in unexpected ways. Be Open.

Care

Have the courage to stay on the quest. Allow it to be of value and interest that there is love in your life. Let it be important to you, keep the faith.

Accept

Accept gifts, respect, kindness, favors, money, friendship and love that come to you in any way. See gifts and favors that come to you as love. Accept adoration from pets, birdsong in a tree and an invitation to tea from a friend. Enjoy a favor from a colleague, love from your kids, your grandparents and the sunbeam through your window. Make the effort to accept love in all the forms that it comes to you. If it feels new to you to practice acceptance, accept boldly and note how many wonderful things you can feel gratitude for, love and accept. If you are used to feeling acceptance, practice accepting with more grace, more grandeur and more gratitude. Cherish love and see if there are even more things in your life that you can see as gifts.

Be Vulnerable

Talk about who you are, plainly and in your own way. Let your heart be available. Allow who you are to start being on the playing field.

Return

Return friendship, support, honesty, integrity, generosity, kindness, authenticity, long looks and phone calls.

Devote

Devote time, energy, money and patience to causes that feel good to you, to friends, to your family, to your pets, to your plants, to your garden, to your community. In love, there is devotion; let it flow into your life.

Remember

Take time to reflect. Remember who you are, what you want and all that is important to you. Sit and know. Sustain your heart.

Breathe

Breathe peace and let it flow to you.

Allow

Let everything you have done so far continue with ease, as if you are no longer the driver, but a happy, happy rider…

Benefit

Feel

Love

Embrace, accept, welcome and enjoy what comes…

Amen

Happy Valentine’s Day

Love,

Atala