Love and Strength

We are often told to open our hearts to love and to show love to others especially those who hurt and upset us. This allows us to forgive and move on, opening us up to further love and grace.

Most of the time it is easy to open your heart and shower those you love and the world in the healing glow of your love.

On the other hand there are times when this is the most difficult thing in the world to do. There are days when our loved ones hurt us, either through actions or words and these actions gnaw away at our souls. They pierce a thin membrane and wound us deeply. We are after all human and the fragility of being human can at times make us paper over aches and wounds so we can muster the strength to face another day. Therefore it doesn't take much to peel this fragile layer away and re-expose the wound.

At times like this having strength of the soul can help you to face this wound, take on its pain and see it in the light of day. You can examine why this wound hurts and why are you carrying around this hurt? Every little question you answer and expose can help you to permanently remove these hurts and wounds allowing your strength to overcome and fight on.

To love means you have to be strong, because love has many facets and dimensions, many ways it can be used against you, many ways to hurt and wound you but its greatest treasure is that it can be the answer to all your questions and be the one part of you that you take with you. It never subsides, never dies and never ever leaves you.

Have the strength to love.  

Sticks and Stones

Can you remember the childhood rhyme; Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me?

Of course it was generally used as a reply to bullying etc whereby you could be harmed by physical force but not by insults.

But is this really true?

Are we not harmed by words?

Not by the words themselves they are just words, but what about the energy and force behind them?

What would 'I love you.' mean without the love behind it. Nothing!

We absorb and take on the energy of others' words. We must accept responsibility for this, we transform and take this negative energy inside us and add it to our darkness, allowing it to grow and get out of hand – but it returns at times when we least notice it – road rage, shouting at the ones we love etc.

Many use words as weapons but we must be aware of how we take these on, how they make us feel, how our day is affected by it and how they deprive us of the joy and happiness we were feeling just a moment before.

Be careful what you say – your words may wound.

Word Power

Word power - the ability words have !

We live in a world where we are inundated with words; news programmes, internet, Twitter, Facebook, newspapers, magazines, books, ebooks, etc.

Have we forgotten the power words have ?
Not so long ago many would only have access to a weekly newspaper which would update them on world and current events or the little radio in the corner of the room brought the world into the home.
We have in some way forgotten the power of words.  In History the words of a great orator would whip a crowd up into a frenzy or impart a belief or ethos.  Words were a powerful tool to gain followers or convey beliefs.

Have you given any thought to the words you use?
Your words hold great power to hurt or heal.  Your choice of words is very important, each word when used with a particular tone can create an energy of its own.  Be careful of what you say and how you say it.

I would love to hear your comments on how words have helped your life.

Cora xx