Dont Underestimating the Power of Love

Love Is Trite

Love is simply the most discussed, most sung about, most poemed (is that a word?), most cried over, laughed over topic in the world, ever. There is nothing new to say about love. You've heard it so many times, it's easy to dismiss, even if you believe in the power of love.

Yet did you see those photos of hers? The presence of love took the ordinary and made it glow. The next time I go up to my kitchen, you can bet I'll be looking at my peeler differently.

I know I don't have to convince you about the power of love. But I feel I do need to open all of our eyes to remembering the power of it.

Love Needs Context

In my tradition of Sufism, love is talked about needing both an object and a subject. A lover and a beloved. Without a beloved, the one loved, love is not activated, engaged. It does not come alive.

And without a lover, the one who loves, love has nowhere to live.

When we talk about bringing heart into business, we're talking about love. But what we're really talking about is the miraculous, immersive experience that happens between the lover and the beloved, and how that affects everyone around.

If you are bringing love to your business, what is your context? Who is the beloved, who is the lover?

Love is (Often) Hidden

Take a moment right now. Close your eyes. Put your hand over your heart. Allow your lungs to fill with a gentle, full breath. Now, in your heart, ask for love.

Open your eyes. Look at something to do with your business. Keep your eyes open. Put your hand over your heart. Allow your lungs to fill with a gentle, full breath. In your heart, ask to witness love within whatever you are looking at.

Take your time. Sometimes our previous experiences veil the deeper witnessing of love from us. Look at your phone, or your computer, or your desk. Look at a pile of paper you need to clean up. Ask to witness the deeper love in it.

What changes? What becomes possible?

Love Requires You

You may need love, but love also needs you. As Mevlana Jallalu'ddin Rumi wrote, "The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep."

Be awake to love. Honor the lover and beloved in each context. Look deeper for what is hidden.

By Mark H Silver

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The Power of Love - Discovering the Love That Lies Within Us All

To feel love for someone and their love in return is the most wonderful experience of our lives. When we feel love, we experience joy and fulfillment, but when it is absent we rapidly become unhappy and disillusioned. The search for love defines our lives and plays a critical role in the quality of our relationships. Love really does make our world go round!

Unfortunately we are rarely given any teaching about love, and yet with a little understanding and awareness it can transform our lives. Love can solve problems and heal emotional pain, but only when we allow ourselves to experience its power - we must invite love into our lives.

Consider for a moment the times when you have fallen in love or felt the love of a parent, child or friend. It is almost impossible to describe those comforting feelings of connection and well-being. Notice how anxieties and problems fall away to be replaced by solutions, ease and confidence. There is a timeless quality about love that buoys you up and protects you in even the most despairing of times. You are experiencing the power of love to heal and bring joy and success into your life.

Love is the fundamental truth of life. We are born to love and be loved. It is our natural state. Some people prefer to see this love as a characteristic of our humanity while others prefer to see it as the manifestation of a divine or spiritual source of love. Whatever our personal belief, the power of love is experienced when we connect open-heartedly with others and embrace our natural connections.

Our emotional and relationship problems result from our denial of love - our separation from the love that bonds all people and separation from our higher or spiritual source of love. This denial usually starts when we are very young and has a damaging impact on our lives. Perversely, we invent all manner of negative thoughts, feelings and behaviours to distract us from the love that we already possess. In romantic relationships we then search for love from another person, or try to gain fulfillment from material possessions, to replace the love that we believe is lacking within. This is a terrible mistake because until we have rediscovered self-love, we cannot give or receive love fully from somebody else.

Luckily the best place to work on finding self-love is within a supportive relationship. All relationships have their challenges and it is by working with our partner through the difficult times that a partnership is strengthened. Relationships fail because of our inability to get to the core emotional issues that create the separation. These will be our fears and insecurities and lack of self-belief. In our attempt to hide away any sense of low self-worth we make ourselves unavailable to our partner. It is like building a fortress around ourselves - we think it protects us but in reality it damages or even destroys our relationships.

The way to embrace our loving essence and our natural connections with others is to be willing to feel all our emotions and communicate about them maturely to our partners. We can also ask them about there feelings and commit to working with them to heal any fear.. Normally we will find that they have just the same fears and insecurities as us, but may play them out in different styles. Getting to these core issues is the key to healing the pain and fear in a relationship and to becoming more bonded.

As we achieve such healing within our relationships we will automatically discover more success in our lives, we will feel more fulfilled and this will make us happier. We can all do this if we can find the courage to feel our emotions and reveal them within our relationships. As our hearts open we will feel all the love that has been hidden behind our defenses and our relationships will go from strength to strength.

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5 Inspirational Love Quotes - The Power of Love!

Ah, the power of love!

..In all its forms:

* Passion,

* Romance,

* Understanding, etc...

Love is everywhere, it really is, love is in all aspects of our lives. And love is revealed (or its absence is revealed) wherever we look too.

And the following 5 inspirational love quotes (and explanations) go some small way in showing this to be true. Enjoy. Oh, and love - always love!

1. "A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." -- Ingrid Bergman

Here, Ingrid Bergman refers to a love that all of us yearn for, fondly remember or even actively participate in: romantic love!

And she's right, sometimes words just get in the way, and sometimes a kiss says everything you need to know! (Sometimes kissed are great ways of avoiding words, too, but today is not about being cynical...)

Next, Bertrand Russell - possibly speaking from experience - urges us all to embrace the opportunities of love fully:

2. "Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness." -- Bertrand Russell

And perhaps what Bertrand is really saying here is that love is the greatest opportunity that life presents to any of us. And a life that makes best use of opportunities is a life best lived, is a happy life.

3. "You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love." -- Henry Drummond

And I guess Henry Drummond, with these words, is in agreement.

I guess he's saying that life really is more fun when love has been behind what we do. Much more enabling, much more empowering, much MORE... than when fear is the motive behind our actions.

And I think that this is true of the individual as it is of society, of business, and of government - as reflected in these wise words of Jimi Hendrix:

4. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." -- Jimi Hendrix

And the meek will well and truly have inherited the world too, Jimi, when this happens. But I think we are a long way off this 'perfect' state.

Still, you can never ever underestimate the power of love. Nor the power of patience.

5. "With love and patience, nothing is impossible." -- Daisaku Ikeda

So maybe one day we will ALL more fully embrace the power of love in our lives, accept fuller responsibility for how we *do* love and how we receive it.

Or maybe we'll continue to prefer to read inspirational love quotes one after another, nod in quick agreement, and move on to the next thing on our to-do list.. .

Steve M Nash

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HOW TO BE A GOOD FRIEND

 HOW TO BE A GOOD FRIEND

Experts prove that having a well-balanced social life can help to uphold a vigorous attitude toward life. This doesn't mean you should be the life of every party, but it indicates developing powerful bonds that help you through the ups and downs of the world. In order to have friends who are great, it is though; you also want to be one. Here are some tips that can help you.

        You need to be there for them as they need you, not when you need something from them. Good friends won't call up people only to ask for a favor. While knowing people that will help you out is vital, it's similarly significant not to abuse the relationship. You need to focus on what your friend is running through at the moment. Are they cheerful? Are they feeling little lonely? Maybe they want to talk about their child going away to school or the fact that they are anxious about their in-laws. Whatever the circumstances, put yourself second and pay attention to what's being said honestly and implied in their discussion.

     You shouldn't wait for friends to call you. Try to make an effort to keep in touch with people. Everybody is busy, but if you need to uphold good friendships you should be practical about communications. It doesn't mean you ought to sit on the phone for three hours a day, but it indicates you send a card, an email or give them a swift call to allow them know you're thinking about them.

       You have to respond to them in a suitable manner. There's nothing more wearisome than sending a friend a note or an email, and having them ignore it because of their business. Every person is busy. If somebody is your friend, you need to make the effort to be kind to them. Responding to their questions is one way you should do that.
      You shouldn't be catty or speak about them behind their backs. It won't be a good idea if you hang out with somebody just so you can go back to somebody else and gossip about your friend. You have to make your decision if you are somebody's friend, or not, and take action accordingly.

     You need to be happy for them. It may sound silly, but some folks just can't be happy at their friend's achievements. You shouldn't be somebody that's only in for complaining about life. If your friend can hit it big - make merry with them. When they need to find love - be cordial and helpful when they get it. There is nothing superior in the world than having friends that support and respect you. FOR MORE LOVE TIPS CLICK HERE

BY Wriddha Hossain

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