The Great Gift Of Love For Yourself

A very big aloha.

My name is Reverend Cindy Paulus,

And you know,

I'm thinking about the fact that love is one of the most important things in all of life.

And I think we all know that.

Love brings about a lot of issues with it,

Of course.

And the thing is that I'm recording this a couple of days before,

Actually a couple of weeks before Valentine's Day.

So the thing is that's the day that is a day of love,

Right?

And of course,

Everyone thinks about love.

And February is kind of thought about as the month of love.

But I think every day should be a day of love.

Because there is such love that is present inside you.

And there's such love that's present in the universe.

And there's such love that is present in nature.

And there's such love that's present in relationships,

You know,

And getting through relationships,

That love is the key,

Of course.

And that's the thing,

Love is the key.

And it has such depth to it.

There's so much there in the presence of love that has to be learned and then lived and then shared.

And the sharing could be the hardest part.

Once you discover that love,

It's like,

Well,

How do you share it the best way you can,

You know,

It takes so much,

It takes so much understanding of yourself,

And so much compassion and love to share with another person.

It's an amazing thing.

That's a lifetime process.

And so that love,

You know,

It's,

It's such a precious thing.

It's easy to love a child and you see a child and you love that child.

But then there's the taking care of the child.

It's not near as much fun,

Right?

It's just objectively loving a child.

It's in the process of living and getting through that stuff.

That's going to be a challenge sometimes.

That makes you learn the value of always returning to love.

And that goes in all levels.

It goes so deep.

It really is a lifetime process.

It doesn't stop.

It goes on and on and on through different stages in your life,

Of course.

And all those different stages require different gifts and different learning experiences.

But the good thing is that if you always take the time to go inside and just learn to have that gift and experience of the deepest love inside you,

That you can strengthen that ability with compassion,

With understanding,

With that gift that you can share with others.

It makes a huge difference.

And there's so many simple ways to share your love.

And the simple one,

The simplest one,

I think of all,

Is just to tell someone else how much you love them.

It's interesting how we can do that with relatives and close friends.

And some relationships,

Maybe they're not developed.

And if you say the word love,

The person will be scared off,

Which shouldn't be the case.

But maybe you have to even explain how deep love really is and how great it is to be able to share that love.

Now,

It's easier sharing it with an animal.

There's no doubt about it.

Share your love with a pet.

And it's so unconditional with many,

Many pets.

Unconditional love.

You have love for that pet.

It means,

Of course,

You got to take care of that pet.

You got to feed that pet and clean up after that pet and make sure that pet is walked and taken care of in many ways.

But that love is easier sometimes because it doesn't get into the complications of the psychology that we go through with people.

But the same principle exists there,

Right?

That same principle of love is there.

And what an amazing process to go through that experience of realizing that power of that love that is there within you and sharing it with others.

So,

Let's go into our meditation and find that love there inside,

Which is always valuable.

So,

Let's just take a few moments and put a wonderful loving white light all around you,

Up above you and through you and down below you and in front of you and behind you on either side of you.

And just a wonderful loving light all around you.

It's protecting you.

And take your breaths.

Let's do breaths of love.

Breathing love in and holding and breathing out that gift of breath out.

Breathing love in and as you breathe out,

Letting that love fill your whole being as you breathe out.

Breathing love in and allowing that love to spread through all of you and just breathe that love out.

You should be starting to feel that love within your body.

Just allow that love there to be present.

Share that love with yourself.

Love for the work your feet do for you.

They work so well hard for you and your different parts of your ankles and your calves and the knees and the thighs.

All that love that's there at the base of your spine and that root chakra.

Sending it all and being aware of that deep love there.

And that wonderful second chakra might need a lot of love.

Just give that love there to everything that feeling center is felt.

All that feeling center can be definitely healed with love.

Love and understanding and compassion all go together so beautifully.

And moving into that third chakra,

Let that whole body that works so hard for you,

Everything that you do with the stomach and the different parts of your spleen and your kidneys,

Everything needs some love there.

Thank it for the work that it does for you.

And ah yes,

The heart of your heart that is the center of that love.

Say hello to that center of your love within your heart.

Embrace that love there.

Doesn't that love feel good?

As you recognize that love,

As you realize the power of that love,

That gift of that love inside you.

That love that created you,

That love that's been with you through everything in life,

That love there is such a precious,

Precious energy.

And allow yourself to love yourself.

For everything you do and as much as you do that's so wonderful,

It's so valuable.

Be grateful for that loving presence in you.

Who would you like to send your love to today?

Think of someone you'd like to send love to.

And send them unconditional love,

Just unconditional love.

And thank them for being in your life.

Allow that love to come back to you a hundredfold.

And allow that love back into your heart.

And find someone that you know that you may need to forgive and send love to.

Maybe someone who you've had some disagreements or issues with in the past.

Just send them unconditional love.

And allow yourself to feel good for releasing anything and everything you need to give that love forth.

What a gift that love,

That forgiveness and that love is.

Now let's send that love out to some place in the world that may need love,

That's going through challenges.

There's so many places in the world that go through issues and difficult times.

Let's send our love out to a place that might need a little extra love.

And now take that time to come back and feel that gift of how you feel inside with this love.

How does your whole energy feel now that you've spent some time sharing love?

Has anything come to you,

Any feeling,

Any thought,

Any occurrence that might be valuable to recognize?

There's such gifts there in this love and the sharing of love.

Breathe it in and slowly allow yourself to come back.

Come back through all of your different levels of energy in your mind and all of your emotions.

Hmm.

And allow yourself to feel what you're feeling with that love presence,

That loving energy.

And take a few moments to write down what came to you,

To make notes,

Love notes,

A love letter,

A love letter to yourself.

Take time to write that down.

It's so good to do that.

And I send you my deepest appreciation and love for who you are and that love that you took to be here today is such a gift.

Deep love and appreciation to you and thank you.