For so long you've believed that your love equals your effort.
Show up.
Try harder.
Do the thing.
Solve the problem.
And you're good at it.
You get it done.
And your love runs ragged,
Weary,
Defeated.
But pulling back feels scary.
How will they feel my love?
Oh you.
With your big,
Beautiful,
Exhausted heart.
Would you sit with me for a minute?
I'd hold your hand if I could and ask you to just listen.
Just receive.
Your love is infinite.
It never runs out.
Your energy is finite.
Just enough for today.
Your love is infinite.
It never runs out.
Your energy is finite.
Just enough for today.
But you ask,
What does love even look like without so much effort?
Maybe it's something like this.
A soft word.
A gentle smile.
A tender touch.
All delivered with a spacious presence.
Patience.
What would happen if you let patience guide your flow of love?
Allowing each being and situation to organize and blossom in its own time.
No longer love weary,
Rising in strength as others rise in their strength.
This patient love fortifies us all.
But it's so hard to let go.
To surrender control.
To trust.
It may even feel impossible,
But,
Dear one,
All that is required is for you to open your heart and loosen your grip.
Yeah.
Just open your heart and loosen your grip.
What do you like to try?
Go ahead now and settle into a comfortable,
Alert position.
And just begin to notice your breath.
Let it be smooth and easy and natural.
And as you continue to breathe,
Bring to mind a person or situation in which you are love weary.
Maybe there are many,
Just go with the first one that comes to mind.
Imagine the scene before you and all the ways you'd like to fix it.
All the effort you'd like to give to make it better because you love so much.
Go ahead.
Lighten your fist and take the reins.
Notice how this effort feels in your body.
And when you're ready,
Let go of that scene and shift your attention to your heart center.
Imagine love as a golden light flowing in and out of your heart with each round of breath.
Keep going until you feel your heart warm and glowing.
And as you continue to breathe,
Open your hands,
Freeing fingers and palms.
Feel your heart open,
Your hands at ease,
Body relaxed.
Go back to that same scene with your patient love just observing.
Imagine your love like an incubator,
Warming,
Waiting,
Allowing.
Your love is radiant and so patient.
You are so strong.
We are all growing so beautifully strong.
We are all changing.
