Welcome to Living a Life of Gratitude.
I'm Sarah Wiseman.
True Loves.
The idea that we're only going to love once in our life is just not true.
We are designed to love as deeply as we can from the first moment of birth when we look into the eyes of the first person we see and that's it we're head over heels swooning to connect with another soul.
The love we're capable of isn't always romantic love.
As infants and children we love other beings passionately.
Our mother,
Our father,
Our dog.
But as we get older we begin to search for our true mate,
The destined beloved who will join with us on our pathway through adulthood.
To build a family perhaps or to create a haven and home when the world gets rocky or to explore different parts of our personality or our work in this world.
The thing is there's not just one love out there.
Now you may be one of those rare people who meet your love in high school and stay together for decades but for most of us a number of soul mates will arrive.
Most of us will find true love with more than one person over time.
This may include an early relationship in our teens,
Another relationship in young adulthood,
Another relationship in the middle years,
Perhaps even another as we get older.
In all of these loves there will be one you will think of as the beloved,
The true soul mate.
But in fact all these soul connections are important.
All of them are a value.
All of these are to be held with extraordinary gratitude in our hearts no matter if they've ended with ease and respect or with great chaos and wounding.
We love at the depth we are capable of at the time.
When we are young we love with passion,
Energy and the thrill of everything new.
When we are in the middle years we believe we know who we are and may attempt to choose someone who fits this idea of self.
When we've reached later life we've experienced so much that we may choose a different kind of person still.
These loves of our lives who we discover early,
Middle,
Late,
They're all miracles.
There's not a mistake among them.
All of these relationships,
These soul matings allow us to grow fully into the beings we are becoming.
If you've been divorced or ever had a relationship that left you wounded,
Bring this person into your mind now.
Let go of all the grievances you have toward this person.
Just let them go.
Consider that you entered this relationship for a reason and allow the reason to now come into your mind.
Take a deep breath and give gratitude for all your life experiences.
Understand the great gift of all the people you have loved in all the ways you have loved them.
