All we need is love.....

I believe that there are only two emotions; love and fear. With that knowledge, I wouldn't think that I would cross over into fear mode... oops!! (Fear can show up as anger, judgment, blame, guilt... all the nasty stuff that doesn't allow for growth or love)

Over the past few weeks I have a "friend" that I have been noticing all kinds of things about. One day I spoke them out loud (big mistake) and it is like these judgments took over. I was finding all kinds of things to be angry about, but not just with this person, I was finding fault with others. It is as if a switch had flipped and my world had changed; I didn't like it. I wasn't the happy bubbly me, I was a judge..... yuck.

Last night I received an email that I shouldn't have been included on. The sender was trying to humiliate a friend of mine about some volunteer work she was doing and instead of directing her concerns directly to my friend, she included about 8 others. My initial reaction was to send this woman an email telling her it was inappropriate to include all of us on it, but then I thought... "that isn't loving" what would love do? I wrote and re-wrote emails to this woman trying to sound loving... but none of them were. (I wasn't really feeling so loving towards this woman) Then the thought came to me to write my friend and tell her how much I appreciated all of her hard work... that felt loving. I ignored the email from that woman, and focused in on how much I appreciated the hard work of my friend.

So I made a choice to look at what love would do, look at how love would feel, and the switch flipped back. When I start seeing things that don't make me feel good, I look for the side of it that does make me feel good. It isn't easy all the time and sometimes I have to stop and think... "what would love do", fumble through and when I ask that question I always feel better and I seem to have better things show up, more loving things.

So next time you find yourself being angry or offended, why not ask "what would love do" and try that on, it really does feel good!

Love,

Leigh