As Love Blossoms

It is a time of great healing for ourselves and for our planet. With the influence of negative news broadcasting, we may sometimes perceive the conditions of life as dismal. Our air, our water, our foods, our financial systems … many things appear to be in a state of decline. Contrary to popular opinion, this is a time of opportunity for self blossoming.

While it may be true that earth is riddled with problems and challenges, it is also true that love and light are abundant within us and throughout our universe. Challenges come to awaken our ability to address and heal them. It’s like the blossoming of a flower. As the flower grows strong and into its fullness, its petals expand and reach out. When challenged with a need for growth and change, our own hearts and minds expand similarly. It is at the time of our greatest strength and fullness when challenges become perceivable. Only when we recognize the need for love are we able to address and heal those things that keep us from it.

Think of when you see a bud on a flower just beginning to open. Within my experience of the bud I feel a great anticipation and excitement about the fullness of the flower that is yet to come. As it is with the blossoming of love, that which is ready to be healed reveals itself, perhaps slowly at first, knowing that the fullness of its true nature awaits it.

Sometimes the blossoming of love is like a long journey across the ocean to a wonderful place of beauty and joy. While we are in the boat the days may grow long and uneventful, even tiresome and challenging. Knowing the destination is what keeps us in excited anticipation of greater times ahead!

Keep your eye on the prize! We can use this time of great challenge to awaken greater love within.