الاثنين، 21 سبتمبر 2009

Looking For Love


So many people are searching for love, for that special connection with another person. For most of us, the ultimate goal is to find a companion who, simply by their presence, inspires us to be a better person.


But true love does not enter into our lives when we find the ideal lover-you can look for ever for the perfect person, for they do not exist. All people in the world are flawed, it is the mark of the human condition and true love is found when we become skilled at seeing a flawed person perfectly. How do you do this? By learning to live your life with love.

Life wants to give you everything that it can, but it can only respond if you express love.What many people need to learn in life is how to love people and make use of things instead of loving things and exploiting people. What matters is not how much or even what you do, but how much love you put into the doing. Everyone you meet, in every station in life, provides you with an opportunity for love. You can find it in an uncomplicated act of kindness toward someone who needs help. You can experience it in a casual conversation or in a moment of warmth from a stranger.

If you grow to be excessively overwhelmed or obsessed with love, you miss the reality that love can reveal to you. If you calmly and serenely acknowledge love, love will take refuge in your life and talk to you with soft, constant words offering wisdom and comfort. From this point you will be ready to find another human being with whom you will bond deeply and profoundly.

This intimate easiness of love between two human beings cannot be discovered by searching for it or by craving for it. Do not search for love. You already have it.

When you do find love, remember that you cannot look for guarantees. Only fear wants a guarantee, for from the perspective of fear, nothing is strong enough. From the stance of love, none are needed.

Finally, do not forget to love yourself. Love is the sighting of ourselves in others, and without loving yourself it is impossible to love another. Never look to others to make you feel whole, worthwhile or loveable for only you can do that. Be devoted to your own inner consciousness that exists in your heart, mind, speech, deeds and beliefs. By doing this, you become your own person and take charge of yourself.


'The Tibetan Art of Serenity'

Christopher Hansard


Salam,

Cherine

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