L O VE

 Is there really a true love story, does true love really even exist?

I have asked myself this question many times on my personal journey.

I think humans have become so accustomed to fear that love sometimes becomes a distant place that has disappeared from our view.

I used to believe it was out there somewhere, in another person.
How wrong I was. I have always been a great fan of Rumi and have always read his quotes and poems.
It's not your job to seek love, you have to find all the hindrances within you that are barring you from that love.

I have always understood this quote intellectually, but for a long time could not feel the truth of it in my heart.
The realization of what he really meant came to me much later. Only later could I understand it with my whole heart.
Because you can have all the people around you who love and adore you and you can still feel alone and unloved.
That's how I have felt many times. No one can give you anything, take anything away, or make you feel anything. Except you. And when you understand that deep to your core, let it sink into the depths of your soul, only then you will understand how right Rumi actually was.

Love is not always a feeling of butterflies in the stomach, sunshine, and roses.
Part of it, but not all of it.
It's the confidence, the courage, the strength that carries you through life.
Pulling you up on days when you think you can't. It is the something inside you that guides and directs you to the places, people, and experiences.
It is always there, even when you think it is not.
It is the breath of life, the voice that never gives up on you and accompanies you.
Your essence. It is all that is.

Love is never one-way, never. It always goes in two directions.

What you love loves you back. What you love loves you even more.

DO YOU FEEL THE URGE TO CRY? ARE YOU HAVING GOOSEBUMPS?

GOOD. THIS MEANS YOUR SOUL IS CALLING YOU HOME.

It is always whole and complete. That is why it is never gone, never lost.
But only you can break down all the barriers, leave all the reasons behind and let go of all the stories of why you think you aren't this love. It's always within you. It has always been within you.
You cannot find somehing that you are. At any time, at any hour of any day.