I LOVE this meditation so much!
It always leaves me with my heart feeling like it’s too big for my chest.
The connection is very real, even if we’re sitting in our own homes scattered around the world, I swear that I can feel you! Thank you for sharing this space with us.
“Love really only grows by sharing it. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.” – Brian Tracey
Sharing love, however, is dependent upon the availability of love in the first place and on this topic there is none better than Brene Brown’s work for getting to the root of our relationship with love.
“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.” – Brene Brown
“Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.” – Brene Brown
“Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged and healed.” – Brene Brown
“Be vulnerable, let yourself be deeply seen, love with your whole heart, practice gratitude and joy. SAY: “I am thankful to be this vulnerable because it means I am alive” and then believe, “I am enough” You are worthy of love and belonging” – Brene Brown
Love can only be shared between us, to the extent that it is alive within us.
Our childhood experiences teach us HOW to love ourselves. And I have so much appreciation for how Brene depicts this formative period of our lives. If your childhood experiences were filled with being shamed, blamed, disrespected, betrayed or emotionally abandoned, that might have hurt the very roots of love itself, and then your relationship with YOU is likely to include a lot of shame and blame and self abandonment.
It is difficult to have a sustainable, shared experience of love with the humans around us if the roots of self-love were not nurtured within each of us. Brene assures us though that these wounded roots can be nurtured and nourished anew. That the road to an unstoppable wellspring of love lies in our ability to tolerate our own vulnerability.
You see, it is when we approach the edges of our own vulnerability that old memories of being punished for having big emotions in the past makes us shrink, and prevents us from fully stepping into “feeling”, withholding from ourselves the very love that would make it safe to just feel this.
Let us change this! Let’s allow ourselves to feel! Allow ourselves to be seen in our vulnerability, first witnessed by ourselves and then by others too. You will be blown away by the strength in you when you are able to hold a space that allows for feeling, without shame, without blame, without guilt.
A few guiding mantras:
- Breathe deeply, open your heart, and let love overflow.
- Vulnerability is not weakness, but the fertile ground where love blooms.
- Share your joys, your tears, your laughter – in sharing, love multiplies.
- I am thankful to be this vulnerable because it means I am alive.
- Repeat with conviction: “I am enough. I am worthy of love.”
So, let’s be brave, friends. Let our hearts be transparent windows. Spread the ripple of connection, and let’s make today a symphony of hearts overflowing with love.
Have a beautiful Friday!
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: Sharing love.