LOVE IS

"In like a lion out like a lamb". That is the phrase that goes through my mind as I stare out my study window and watch the snow pour relentlessly from a leaden sky. That is the old saying about March that I remember when the weather is particularly inclement this time of year. I think it generally works, I expect Spring Weather to end our month.

We were planning to go out for a late breakfast this Morning. We had a place picked out that we hadn't been to before. The snow wasn't forecast to begin until 11AM, it came an hour early. When we left home it was snowing fairly hard, we stopped to get the paper and continued on our way, we got to the vicinity of the restaurant and realized we couldn't relax and enjoy ourselves while being concerned about driving home. Added to that, Jamie wasn't feeling very well so we returned home and I cooked up a frying pan full of fried potatoes and had them accompanied by three organic eggs sunny side up. All's well that ends well.

Now I am snug as a bug in a rug observing the snowstorm from the coziness of my study. I am full of metaphors and old adages today. Or full of something, hey don't say it, don't even think it.

Yup, I am full of it sometimes. I try to be as honest and connected as I can be when I write my blog. For instance, I always talk about choosing love at every emotional and intellectual juncture. I see how important it is. When I am writing about it, I feel it. When I am away from my study and doing something else I am not so pure. I know how hard it is sometimes to feel love, no matter how convinced we are of its importance. Sometimes our feelings are hurt. Sometimes we feel dead inside. Sometimes we can't remember or bring back that feeling of being in-love or loving anything.

Just remember those are temporary states. We are always loved by a Loving Universe. No matter how disconnected we may feel, no matter how numb inside, there is love there and it is not as deep as we think. Those of us who have practiced can find it in a few minutes or even seconds by closing our eyes and quieting our minds. Those of us who are having difficulty should consider joining a mediation group, there is great benefit.

The more we learn to catch ourselves when we are in a funk and remember to raise ourselves out of it, the greater our awareness becomes. We become more and more aware of the trickiness of the ego in the use of our minds. We can learn to spot a thought that will lead to darkness and say to ourselves, “that is not my thought.”

Sometimes keeping our consciousness free of negativity seems like an uphill battle. Oh, but in those moments when we feel full of love, we know it is worth it!

We not only feel full of love, but we know we are blessing the world and helping to bring on the tsunami of love.

Humanities Winter is receding, the Lamb of Love is on the horizon.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Love and Peace, Gregg