Keeping It So Simple
  • Home
  • Advocacy & Awareness
    • Consulting
    • Speaking
  • Life Coaching
  • Photos & Videos
  • K.I.S.S. Blog
  • K.I.S.S. Shop
  • About
  • Contact

Peace, new frontier,  limitless possibilities :        A course in love

9/12/2014

4 Comments

 
Unlike last weeks post where I didn't encourage or expect dialog, this week may dialog flow. I'm curious what you think about one if not both thoughts on love. They both certainly sparked responses in me, but I'll save my personal thoughts for later. Enjoy today's reads for A Course In Love.


Love cannot exist in peace, it will always come accompanied by agonies, ecstasies, intense joys and profound sadnesses.
~ Paulo Coelho


Love Makes Us More
Love encourages us to venture into places in our minds and hearts never before explored and which would never have been disclosed except for love. In essence, love reveals us to ourselves.

In love we find the security which encourages us to risk, to try again, to find new behavioral alternatives for old ways. We more deeply discover ourselves as we discover each other. From lovers we are presented with a new vision, a realization that the world we have defined for ourselves may have been delimiting and we are encouraged to open up to new perceptions made possible only through someone else's vision.

Love offers us the most fertile soil for growth. We nurture that soil by enriching it with a willingness to give up our old self and our useless preconceptions. In return, we are presented with a broader vision of ourselves and a world of limitless possibilities for our discovery. Love is not blind. It has perfect vision. It makes it possible for us to see as we have never seen before.

Page 120, Born for Love: Reflections on Loving, Leo Buscaglia


I really want to know what you think, what these sparked within you. Go on, get conversation going about LOVE. I would love for you to leave a comment here or via a private message from over on the contact tab or on Facebook. But mostly, take these thoughts and begin dialog right where you are, love is quite powerful.

In Joy and In Love ~ Julia
4 Comments
Jill Marie link
9/12/2014 04:05:09 am

This part here filled me up with so much love and wanting to shout YES from the rooftop...

"Love offers us the most fertile soil for growth. We nurture that soil by enriching it with a willingness to give up our old self and our useless preconceptions. In return, we are presented with a broader vision of ourselves and a world of limitless possibilities for our discovery. Love is not blind. It has perfect vision. It makes it possible for us to see as we have never seen before."

With Heart and Gratitude :)

Reply
Indigene Theresa Gaskin link
9/14/2014 09:56:59 am

I find that love forces me to live the values, that I hold strongly. It has brought me the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in my life and I have to say, it has been worth every giggle and every tear. It is messy and unpredictable because it is the heart of life and it brings the wisdom that we all seek. It's no wonder why it is written about as much as life is. I'm sure this will bring about a lot of interesting dialogue. Thanks for putting it out there! :)

Reply
Deanna link
9/15/2014 01:35:00 am

I completely agree that "love offers the most fertile soil for growth". If we are so bound up that we cannot love, ourself or others, there simply is no room for growth and expansion. Beautiful words Julia!

Reply
Shamsi
9/16/2014 02:25:43 am

I love how this post makes me feel Julia. I've been feeling this constant struggle lately between opening more and just running away. But, the struggle has deepened to include "where" I love more, because before about a year ago - the 'where' would not have included myself. And now that I've included myself in the Love More equation, I find decision making has become easier. I don't feel that the choices I make are hurting others, but rather, resolving a situation. I don't feel guilty for choosing happiness. I really am feeling this expansion into love, that love creates the cradle - even a fertile cradle, for all of our deepest hopes and the dreams of humanity. It's a bit scary, because I've this sense of the glass ceiling above my head ..the one that says all of this "Loving More" is going to rain down broken glass everywhere ...but I know that's a lie the small voices are telling me; that there has never been a ceiling. My fear is deeply rooted in the wide-open space that could encompass ALL the love, and all of that Big, Wide-open Love ...that's kicked up a few fears :) But even recognizing that is a big deal. <3 thanks for opening this space for this discussion.

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Julia...

    wonderer, dreamer, believer, creator, mother, seeker, wanderer, scribbler, wisher, explorer...simply lover of life

    Archives

    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014

    Categories

    All
    Accident
    Coaching
    Connectedness
    Course In Love
    Family
    Genuine You
    Gratitude
    Intuitive Art
    Storms Of Life

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
Photo used under Creative Commons from VinothChandar