Loving ourselves and life from where we are
I’m counting down to contentment — to the starting date of my new sacred journey course,“Creating a Life of Contentment," which begins Sept. 15. For one entire year we will travel together as intimate companions: to relax, let go and rest into Love; to discover the bliss of our own life. I hope you will join me! You can learn all about it here.
Leaning Into Love
Today is my 8th wedding anniversary. I should say “our” anniversary.
This journey into “ours” and “us” has been a grand leaning into Love. It was not always easy,
We dedicated ourselves to learning how to love one another through our essence (“spirit identity”) rather than our false, personality-packed, ego selves. Brad and I wanted a different kind of relationship: one that was conscious and ever-evolving.
It has been that. And completely transformational all along the way. Through trial and error and many “ego abductions,” we have “arrived” at a place of profound love, acceptance, and compassion for ourselves and for one another.
It has been a blessing to do “the good work of self” in relationship with someone else.
We wrote about this journey in our book, Perfect Love: How to Find Yours and Make It Last Forever.
I’d also describe our relationship as one of deep Contentment.
So, the $1million question is: How do you find Contentment in a relationship?
This is my answer in a nutshell.
Be able to see the whole of your partner and embrace every aspect of him or her with compassion.
Be able to see your whole self too—your ego and your wise self. Enfold yourselves in compassion because it is not easy being human and it is not easy being in an intimate relationship with anyone.
And be kind. Nurture one another, listen with your heart, keep touching one another, grow separately as individuals and together as a couple, laugh, treat your partner as you wish to be treated.
Remember what Love feels, tastes, smells and sounds like, then keep pointing your selves in that direction. Follow the breadcrumbs and let hope and commitment light your way.
Well, that’s more than a nutshell full, isn’t it?
