~ LOVE ~
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"Being deeply loved by someone gives you
strength, While loving someone deeply
gives you courage."
- - Lao Tzu
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As we explore our twelve step program
and peel away the onion that is us, we
find many parts of ourself that we had
never known before. Those parts have
always been there ... we just weren't
aware of the importance of
them. Suddenly, as though it were a
lightbulb flashing, it hits us full in
the face and we find ourself seeing what
our deepest need in life is.
It took practically a lifetime to
realize that my deepest need was to love
and to be loved. How could I have lived
so long and not realized that before? I
am grateful that the twelve step program
gave me the ability to feel love,
perhaps for the very first time. I am
also grateful that this beautiful way of
living also gave me the ability to give
love.
ONE DAY AT A TIME . . .
I will keep my heart open for opportunities to love ... and quietly but expectantly to be loved.