Love and girl power.

LOVE – the creative life force.

I wanted to know love and I sought it in every “form” I could think of. And some I really wished I hadn’t. My thoughts on love stem from seeking and discovering a love that is whole and complete and uplifting and engaging.

The essence and the light of Love ignite insight into all the parts that are me. Reflected now in the pieces I once believed to be unworthy shards from the broken pieces of my past. In the mirror of Love from Source I see the truth of who I am. Light. Love. Divinity

LOVE is the creative life force that draws TO me my life experience. It is the impetus behind my desire to take care of and be kind to myself, it is what motivates me to reach out and touch others and share experiences. These are simply expressions though, natural occurrences when love is present.

I continue to discover that it doesn’t have anything to do with the form. It is something that I find within my heart and within my breath. It is the feeling I have when my higher, more aware Self shows up in my reality with gifts and lessons of love. Listening to that love, letting myself be loved in that way leads me to see the love that is in me.

My truth, my unfolding belief is that we are love. Whether we express that through one on one, oneness, or shout it from the roof tops to thousands….it does not require us to do any of these things. Through love….LOVE…..I have discovered myself. Not just the love that I have received or given but the love that I am. It wasn’t the love I share with Matt that revealed these deep secrets to me but these deep secrets that revealed my love for Matt, and even more amazing for myself. It helped me discover ME.

Often when I speak of love, and it seems I do very often these days, the response/reaction from people goes to the love they are getting or not getting in their relationships. I do understand that AND it is my hope to shift that consciousness around me. It is going that next step beyond self love and beyond letting your self be loved into letting yourself BE love.

I think one of the hottest topics around is relationship. Whether we have it, how we do it, what it does to us, the past loves we hold on to, the loves we long to have show up…

It gives us something to long for I think. And somehow longing can help us feel connected to our source. Not sure why but it seems to be an emotion that we dwell upon and the paradox is that when that longing is for our soul, for our connection with god/goddess and LOVE we become more whole. The by-product of longing for the past or future however only seems to make us feel more split / fractured even.

I believe we are on a journey of discovery, learning to take these fractured pieces of our Self…these pieces that we have separated out and judged as unacceptable parts of ourselves, unwanted uglies to be eliminated. Take them and see them as facets in the beautiful diamond of our life and reflect the light instead of the dark. With LOVE. Love turns us to the light and light heals.

(Thanks for sparking these thoughts Joy.)

Charlotte

Playing By Heart

“You are a tenant in my heart… at times a little behind in rent, but impossible to evict”. – Hannah, played by Gena Rowlands

I suppose some would call it merely a chick flick, and why? Because it has to do with love? Isn’t that the stereotype? Well… that’s another post to itself.

This post though is about a great movie, a collection of love stories called Playing By Heart. Loaded with popular actors and actresses (Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Angelina Jolie, Dennis Quaid, Madeleine Stowe, Gillian Anderson, and so many more talented artists), the film’s focus centers itself around relationship. While some of these relationships are tied up in a bit of drama (imagine that), they still reveal some of the underlying currents found when people come together. At the core of these is something we can all identify with – our very own, deeply personal story of love. Sometime this was implied and other times it was right out front, thereby making it so much more of a mirror of what is real for me.

I loved this movie. And viewing it at the end of such a challenging day, one where my relationships tested me, I felt even more attraction to it. My story of love is alive and well. Constantly being written. Re-written. Edited. Wadded up and thrown out (oh no, not entirely) and then constructed again. Fortunately, I’ve been adding some wonderful new chapters, and movies like this one help me tap into an awareness of just how many great things I’ve been adding. I feel blessed. And I feel grateful. I will post much on this topic as I walk the road with the one I hold dearest.

Check this movie out when you get a chance. Curl up with your special someone, whether that’d be your lover, spouse, best friend, child, parent, or whomever. This picture has the potential to reach inside of you and touch you where you feel. It is after all, a movie about love. And love is played by heart.

Watch a sneak peek of Playing By Heart.

Let me know what you think.

I Feel Love

Sometimes it’s just necessary to let your hair down and sing it from the heart. Blue Man Group helps get it done. Check it out.

Today, I love more….

Today I love with my heart wide open.
I soften my hard edges and let room for others here.
Today I give something of myself away:
a smile, a hug, a piece of wisdom or
a story with a happy ending.
I seek new ways.
I seek ways to reach out into the world and expose my love.
To give it voice.
To give it freedom.