EMPOWER WITH LOVE INSTEAD OF DESTROYING IN FEAR

Each day we move on in life to a different location, we take from the past what we learn and trust that we will not make the same mistakes.  Still, we must be mindful of the fact that we are humans and will from time to time make the same mistakes.  On those occasions, we will respond with compassion, acceptance, respect, and empathy. We will encourage through education and gentle reminders [discipline]; understanding that in a moment of weakness, lacking clarity we temporarily lost our footing.  We strengthen and empower with love, instead of tearing down and destroying in fear and frustration the tentative steps we attempted to take.

STOP TRYING AND START TRUSTING

I know this well.  I have been the victim of this unforgiving mindset and sadly, I have perpetuated that mindset in my own life; foolishly believing I was protecting myself.  Then one day I realized I was existing in fear and trying so hard to do instead of trusting in God and allowing myself to be.  In my efforts to do, I was constantly frustrated, disappointed, hurt and on edge [anxious].  Failing to see clearly that I was not empowered by love but fueled by fear.   Oh, how blind could I be, so silly in fact to ignore the reality.  I was not living in love, despite my professions, I was stranded in fear still enslaved by my need for attachments.

LET GO OF ATTACHMENTS, EMBRACE YOUR ABUNDANCE

Let go of your need for attachment to people, places, or things because you are still entrapped and not totally free.  Give without expectations, love without conditions, live with an open heart, mind, and soul, then and only then are you truly set free.  For freedom is wisdom that there was never any need.  Your cup is always overflowing once you have surrendered to love.  Stop trying to do and simply be. Be guided, protected, and secured in God’s unchanging faithfulness and love.