Inner Strength

Day 56: Drought There have been many times in my life when I felt that I was in a drought in regards to love, that I would never again experience the fertile soil of having someone love and appreciate me for who I am. Through the work of love language 101

I have gained an incredible insight into the importance of self-love and self empowerment. So many times we look for what we need outside of ourselves rather than tapping into the abundant river of love that flows from within. It was indeed through this work that I learned to ask for what I need in my relationships and most importantly I've learned to give myself unconditional love.

Over the past several days, I have been in an intense time of self nurture and repair. It has been while in the middle of this experience that I have recognized similarities that I have felt in the grieving process. In the transition of a family member, we are often surrounded by and bombarded by people with this the deep desire to comfort. In the grieving process that sense of being surrounded by love is extremely comforting and extremely helpful in that transition. But inevitably there is a time when everyone goes back to their prospective homes and we are left to mourn with our own understanding. It is in that moment that I think some of the greatest growth happens in our lives. It is in those moments when we recognize the strength and the power and the wherewithal we can begin to create everything in our lives.

I liken it to recovery work. When an individual is in need of recovery from an addiction. When they are faced with making some life altering change so many times the family rallies around the person and does everything humanly possible to help this transformation happened. When in fact the only person who can make this transformation happen is the person who has the addiction. It was in one of these growth opportunities in my life that I recognize the importance of self-love and self empowerment that has allowed me to not only transform my life but glean these wonderful life lessons and teachings that I can now share with others.

It is at times like these that I have gone within to find out the truth for myself. I have chosen to not rely on someone else's opinion of who I am, or allow their perspective of what I'm doing to impact what I choose to do next. When I find myself in this place, I have found a great resource of understanding and the awareness of who I truly am. It is at this time that what I truly believe is the most transparent. I discuss with my clients about the importance of knowing what we believe. In that moment, we can transform anything in our lives. It was only when I realized and had the understanding that I believe myself to be unlovable that I could transform that into recognizing that I am lovable and I deserve love. It wasn't until I learned that I believed I was bad with money that I could transform that into knowing that I am brilliant in all of my financial affairs and that I handle money with absolute ease and great joy.

It is often these life changing experiences that enable us to understand at a greater level who we are and what we believe. It is often when we are being told by someone outside of ourselves who we are that awakens this deep and abiding truth within that says this is not my truth.

Over the last several days, this period of self nurture and self-care is where with kindness and compassion I am bringing myself back to a place in which I am now ready to emerge and to be open again. The real key to me in this life lesson is to recognize the need for balance. I often wish to spend all of my time being a superhero and none of my time nurturing myself. That is a prescription for burnout.

Today I recognize that in order to traverse the road of life that I can choose to embrace all of the lessons that come my way. In doing so, I must go within to find out what is the best method for me to deal with this situation. It is essential that I be kind gentle and compassionate in this process. It is often our ego self that at this moment wishes to say to us that we should be farther along, or we should know this already. When in truth we are at the next evolution of this learning process rather than repeating it again. I realize this past week that I was growing and evolving and that brought me intense and abiding comfort.

Each of us has within us an unlimited potential, as well as an unlimited supply of strength. It is in moments like this that we get to experience, who we are and what we are that brings about a new way of living.

Thank you,

I love you,

Rev Allen