Where is the love?

I haven't been feeling very much "in Love" lately. During the last couple of weeks, I have been experiencing fear. I'm meditating, opening to inspiration, looking at various solutions, etc., but this feeling continues. Then I read something that helped . . . a little.

When you have a value of growing -- of taking risks and stretching your boundaries -- you are going to feel uncomfortable sometimes. That comes with the territory. And sometimes we don't know why. We have to "live into the answer." Our true nature is truly a mystery. The big picture often eludes us. Things are happening for which there is no "logical" explanation, and the only thing to do is surrender and accept and be patient. Okay. The way of love means loving even when you don't understand, don't like it, and don't know what to do.

Here's what Owen Waters, author of "Follow the Yellow Brick Road," says to do to love yourself unconditionally: whenever a critical thought or feeling emerges, say afterwards, "and I Love myself anyway."

You can use this even when you don't know why you're fearful just by saying, "I'm fearful, and I love myself anyway." He takes it another step and recommends you see that phrase "as a small ball of mental energy and direct it into the energy center of your heart, which is outside of your body, just in front of your breastbone. Feel your heart energy bathing the phrase, 'and I Love myself anyway' in its warmth as you mentally repeat it while focused on that energy center." Then you top it all off by creating a positive statement like, "I love myself always, no matter what."

Sounds good to me. Think I'll give it a try. I'll let you know what happens. If you try it out, let me know how it works for you. In the meantime, love yourself anyway. :-)

Love,

Andrea