To Start....

Hello:)

I'm not yet sure who will read this, and it is unfortunate to say that I have thought about writing a blog for many years now, but never did because I didn't know who would ever want to read it.  Today, however, I have decided to begin the blogging process just for me.  And, if my process helps you along the way, then I am grateful that I was brave enough to give this a try.

The reason for my blog? I want to live more love in my everyday life.  I want to learn more about what it is to love and to be loved, and to see how living love can change my world.  From learning to love myself more, to learning to love others, I just can't help but feel that if there was more love, the world would be a better place.

You might call this a spiritual journey, and I believe you would be right, since I believe that the greatest calling we have is to love. 

But it is also just a journey to learn how to be a better parent, a better spouse, a better friend, a better neighbour, a better self. 

I want to know... could I make a real difference in the lives of my husband and children if I could learn to respond to them in love, even when I am frustrated or angry?  Could I make more of a difference to my friends, my community? Could I finally overcome depression or lose those troublesome pounds if I could learn to treat myself with more love?

Don't get me wrong - there is a lot of love in my life right now, but somehow, I feel like I have been missing a "moral compass" of sorts at times.

Recently, two inspirations touched my life.  The first was an affirmation from the AuraStella jewellry catalogue, "I let my inner star guide me.  I am a shining example of love and light".  I loved this quote, and started to ask myself, do I really feel like that shining example of love and light? And the answer was simply that I believed I could do better.

And then this one, "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
~Mother Teresa".  Read that one again. 

I am a grand-daughter, daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, cousin, friend, neighbour, business associate, team leader, employee.... you get it right? I am so many things to so many people, and at the end of the day, I am a leader.  I touch lives everyday.  I have the power to influence and to change the world.  AND SO DO YOU.  We all have that power. 

And so, it is with this understanding, and the firm conviction that this is why I am here on the planet, that I have decided to dedicate the next year of my life to living love. 

I'm scared that I won't be able to live up to the big task.
I'm not even sure how I should do it.
I'm nervous about what it might mean and how I might have to change.

But, I'm also convinced that it is not an option.  I am convinced that this is too important a mission to ignore.  If, for no other reason than to launch my children into a world of love, then, I cannot afford to fail. 

Would you like to live love with me?