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This article is from The Sedona Journal of Emergence
7 Perfect Gifts for Valentine's Day Welcome, dear friends! On February 3rd, just in time for your yearly celebration of loving relationship, Venus is turning direct… Phew! For those of you who have been experiencing an unusual frequency of obstacles in your partnerships, this just might be the magic needed to dissolve the difficulties and to retune your love life. If, however, you feel that a bit more magic than that is needed… read on! We have some gifts to propose to you for your valentine this year: 1) The Gift of Words Every word you utter or think has power. Words are the focused intention of your thoughts and as they are combined with emotion and spoken or thought they are sent out into the world as either a blessing or a curse. You know which energy your words hold because you can feel them before you let them loose… Do they feel wonderful and worthy of sharing as they evolve? Would you be completely comfortable to have them said back to you? Are all the words you speak about your beloved or to your beloved words of light? Gossip is a very popular pastime in many of the societies of your world today. Most people who believe that they participate safely and without repercussions believe erroneously that ‘what they don’t know won’t hurt them’. Consider this, however… Everything is God. God hears all prayers. Every thought is a prayer. Every word is a prayerful request. If everything is God and God hears everything, how does the subject of the gossip remain untouched and ignorant of the words? Oh… we understand… in 4D reality they aren’t aware of the negative rants of their gossiping spouse. But what about their Soul… their Higher Self… their God Self? It is time to understand that your partner is being effected by those acid words. It doesn’t matter how close to the truth the comments might be… If they are gossiping, hurtful, judgmental, complaining or simply whining, they will be felt and have impact. This year, why not change that energy sucking paradigm by taking responsibility for your words and your thoughts and transforming your own experience with positive, loving, healing and blessing language? You will be amazed and delighted with the results that you will witness in your own relationship. 2) The Gift of Listening As you read these words, think back to the last time you had a difficult experience and simply wished to vent your excess energy by telling the tale to a sympathetic listener. Did your partner do this for you? Did you feel better for having spoken and because they listened with compassion and understanding? Or, as is most often the case, did they pretend to listen while they enjoyed their own inner thoughts… or even worse… focused on their television or computer entertainment instead? In all fairness, it is important to take note of your own actions (especially since you are a mirror for your partner… like attracts like… etc.) As your partner speaks, do you concentrate on what he or she is expressing? Do you truly hear his words? Do you note her expression, body language, emotions? Do you honor their need to speak in this way and about what they choose? Do you offer constructive ideas to help after they ask for your input? Listen with all your attention and without your personal judgments. Hear them. See them. Feel their energy. Respond as they request and need. The best gifts are those which are wanted by the one receiving… Listen so well that you fully comprehend what your partner desires from you in every interchange. There is no better way to understand and know who they are and, by the way, this is also one of the more elegant gateways to intimacy and trust. 3) The Gift of Your Smile When was the last time you greeted your partner with a smile as they walked into the room? For those of you who answer this question with, “Tonight!” we say, “Good job!”. For those of you who can’t remember the last time, we suggest, begin again tonight. Did you know that every time you smile endorphins are magically and delightfully released in your brain? These are the same endorphins that runners always talk about. They make you feel good. Well, when you smile sincerely at someone you love, endorphins are released in their brain as well and they feel good, too… What a wonderful and simple gift to give your beloved as often as you are able! Become a happily grinning Cheshire cat and see how well your loved one responds. 4) The Gift of Forgiveness What irks you about your partner? How long has it been irking you? How long do you plan to continue being irked? Let it go! And if you are waiting for them to stop doing that thing (i.e. change) before you relinquish your rights to irking, we suggest you skip down to gift number 6 before you continue reading here. Relationship actually begins to fall apart as judgment grows. Think of it… In the early days of your love, he could do no wrong. The cute way he would throw his socks at the laundry hamper while imagining he was throwing the winning basket in an NBA championship game evolved into the problem that he never picks up his dirty laundry. Remember when she burned the toast the first time? Cute… right? And now you just want her to be able to microwave a frozen dinner without the smoke alarm going off. And are you aware of how important and, coincidentally, how unimportant these issues are? This year, forgive him or her for their habitually annoying personality quirks and habits. In that forgiveness you get your freedom! Once you have truly forgiven them for what is simply normal to them, you have the power to change your life and your reaction in such a way that the problem either vanishes or mitigates. New solutions come from forgiveness. Such as? Forgive him for his dirty sock basketball game and start posting his score on the refrigerator! You’ll be surprised how quickly the floor around the hamper will be pristine when he understands that his performance is being cheered and acknowledged with equal lightheartedness. When a perfect score equals a clean floor his aim will soon become championship quality! Forgive her for the mushy microwave menu and give her dinner out once a week or cooking lessons with her best friend or learn to cook yourself (!). 5) The Gift of Gratitude The next time your sweetheart passes you the salad… say “Thank you”. When your wife silently presents you with a closet and dresser full of clean, fresh, ready to wear clothing for your coming day… say “Thank you”. When your husband holds the door for you or repairs the sticking drawer… say “Thank you”. When you center yourself for prayer… say “Thank you Source, for the loving partnership that I enjoy each and every day of my life!” Gratitude is, and always will be, the glue that holds the love together. 6) Give the Gift of Freedom We are not suggesting the freedom of separation! What we mean by freedom is the freedom to be who they are! To live their passion, to live their choices, and to live their dreams! In other words, love who they are, not who you would like them to be. The bottom line of partnership is that you are all spiritual beings seeking the full memory of loving partnership with God/Goddess/All That Is. The confusion steps in as you seek this same love from your physical world partner. Your husband or wife, your boyfriend or girlfriend, your spiritual partner or soul mate… as 4D beings, none of them are here to supply you with God’s love. In truth, they are here seeking that same experience for themselves. Partnership in your physical experience was designed to offer you companionship as you travel your path back to Source. As you give the gift of freedom to your beloved, you release them from the burden of being perfect, being everything, being Prince Charming or Princess Wonderful… You gift them with the opportunity to be perfectly and comfortably who they truly are and you find for yourself the buddy you have always craved with whom you can share your wonderful and sometimes terrifying journey of physical life. 7) Give the Gift of Love Love is an action word. Love unites, supports, blesses and heals. Love is meant to be a path of sharing, not just the destination or only the reward. Love is available to all of you throughout every day of your existence. Your entertainment industry has had an unfortunate impact upon this understanding through the majority of their profit motivated offerings of Valentine’s Day cards, songs with sentimental or sad lyrics, romance novels and movies. Yes, of course, some of those offerings are beautiful, insightful and inspiring! But most are not. First they teach you that love will solve all your problems and then they teach you to treat your love with insults and distrust. If you disagree with this then we suggest you watch some of the family situation comedies which are being lauded as brilliant. Very few of these offer consistent humor without insults or embarrassment. If you don’t understand why this is a problem in your society, please observe the present divorce rate. People are hungry for respect, for companionship and for the ongoing experience of feeling loved. They have been led to believe that some other person will magically supply all that. During the dating and honeymoon stage of relationships it even appears that this is what is happening! But in the day to day, after the honeymoon phase of all partnerships, there comes a time of realization when each of you discovers that this person is not enough. Not because something is wrong, but because they are not meant to be the sole supply of the immense and unconditional love of Source! That is the job of God/Goddess/All That Is! As you confine love into the small arena of partnership you miss so much! Love is everywhere and in everything! Everything is God! No one person is meant to supply this for you… EVERYONE and EVERYTHING is meant to supply this with you! As you share this kind of love you will never grow past your partner… you will always grow with your partner. As you share this kind of love you will never feel abandoned, incomplete, ignored or victimized. You will always be filled with the comfort, richness, interest and strength of the divine. Once you have truly found God/Goddess/All That Is within yourself and your world, your partner no longer carries the burden of playing the part. Your partner is thus freed to walk this wondrous path with you… hand in hand and side by side. We offer you these seven perfect gifts to share with your beloved on this Valentine’s Day. May your love be blessed with the joy and the sharing available to every wondrous being since the beginning of time and until infinity plus a day.
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