Brave Enough To Be Bliss

relationship, but rather doing whatever is needed to create a healthy relationship, and it can continue even if an unhealthy relationship has to end.

A prayer … Thank you for all that you have given me. Thank you for loving me even when I don’t want to be loved. Thank you for having faith in me even when I want to be given up on. Thank you for this life, even the hard parts, for it is in the trials that we learn we have the strength to go on. And that gives us the strength to live bravely enough to face whatever life brings and with that we can truly embrace and enjoy the present day instead of fearing it. And to wrap up this section about love, I recently watched for the first time the movie New Year’s Eve from 2011. I was struck by how much was covered in one movie…birth, death, regret, forgiveness, fear, bravery, loneliness, connectedness, selfishness, selflessness, rudeness, kindness. I’m a sucker for a happy ending, but also thought there was a lot of wisdom shared as this movie ends.

Ending Scene (Sarah Jessica Parker & Josh Duhamel) - New Year's Eve (2011) (youtube.com)

Now read what you just watched and heard. “Sometimes it feels like there are so many things in this world we can’t control. Earthquakes, floods, reality shows. But it’s important to remember the things that we can. Like forgiveness, second chances, fresh starts. Because the one thing that turns the world from a lonely place to a beautiful place is love. Love in any of its forms. Love gives us hope. Hope for the new year. That’s New Year’s Eve to me. Hope and a great party.” Choose love, in any of its forms, and you will find hope to start your new year, and maybe a new life, today.

“Life is in your hands. You can select joy if you want or you can find despair everywhere you look. It is all yours.” Leo Buscaglia

Ther e’ s a link to a poem below that might give you a new perspective on the word “soft” and also may help you better understand what I explained to Kylee in the email below. She thought someone had treated me poorly and questioned why I remained kind. The difference in our immediate reactions to an other person’s behavior was because she viewed that person’s behavior as something I had to receive and internalize. It made her upset because she loves me and knows how she would feel if someone had directed the comments to her. But i t didn’t upset me because I saw th at person’s behavior simply as what it was, a reflection of that person’s own internal pain. It made me feel compassion for that person, but it didn’t upset me or hurt me in any way because it wasn’t “about” me. That is a huge differenc e.

You, the Unbreakable Water (johnroedel.com)

“If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time, cease to react at all.” Yogi Bhajan

From: Ginger Bliss To: Kylee Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 11:55 PM

You said the other night you don’t know how I do it. This is how, it is my life’s purpose. When I didn’t know why I was kept alive at 18, I decided God must have had a reason. All I could figure out was to help everyone I had contact with feel less alone, to feel seen and valued and to love people as unconditionally as a human being can. My love is my gift to the world, and you are my greatest love of all. So, when people are less than kind or loving to me, it just means there is something in them that needs healing, and I can’t possibly help them by further hurting them in an attempt to protect myself. So, it’s not because I’m weak but rather because I’m strong. I don’t give love to receive love, I give so that others can learn to give.

“Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.” Wendell Johnson

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