Love - What the Bleep Do I Know?

Not long ago, I re-read the Conversations with God Trilogy as well as Friendship with God by Neale Donald Walsch.

Not exactly beach reading, I know, but for some reason as I read and contemplated, I “heard” it differently, more clearly. It resonated in a way I needed at that time and even now.

Walsch says that up until his conversations with God, his experiences with love had been a disaster.

I was tempted to label mine the same way. But that’s when God set him (and me) straight. 

According to Walsch, God says, “Nothing about love is meaningless. Love is the meaning of life itself. Life is love, expressed. That is life. Therefore, every act of love is life expressing, at the highest level. The fact that something, some experience is temporary, or relatively short, does not render it meaningless. Indeed, it may give it more meaning.” (Friendship with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, p. 299) 

Oh really now?

God goes on to say, “Experiences of love are temporary, but love itself is eternal. These experiences are only here-and-now expressions of a love that is everywhere, always.” (Ibid, p. 299)

Huh?

In spite of what it may seem like or how it may feel, every love is perfect. And perfect love casts out fear. 

Mmmm….

So in that way, I can look at every love experience – romantic or otherwise – as a necessary prerequisite to get me where I am on the journey now. And forever banish fear from my periphery.

All right – I can do that (or at least practice some every day).

This perspective has helped me become more forgiving of others and myself; bless each experience and each person, especially the difficult ones.

Most importantly I realized that, upon adopting this perspective, “one day, my soul just opened up.” (As Iyanla Vanzant so eloquently put it.)

What I once considered broken can now be seen as broken open so that the full beauty and fragrance of Who I Really Am can come forth and be shared with the world as my purpose.

It’s precisely because of all I’ve considered imperfect that I can be free to experience all of life from the same vantage point – it’s all good, it’s all God.

And I’m so glad about it – after all, What the Bleep Do I Know?!