{"id":570,"date":"2011-02-14T22:04:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T03:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/susanstackpole.com\/?p=570"},"modified":"2011-02-16T01:43:24","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T06:43:24","slug":"choosing-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susanstackpole.com\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cYour task is not to seek for love, merely to seek and find all the barriers<\/strong><\/p>\n

within yourself that you have built against it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

~ Rumi ~<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Fair Wedding with David Tutera<\/em> has rapidly has become one of my favorite shows.\u00a0 David has a glorious gift of creating spectacular events and helping people live their dreams in the process.\u00a0 He teaches what it means to honor the highest self and the joy of living fully in the now.\u00a0 He illustrates the significance of creating magical experiences and reveals every moment is a special event when we choose it to be.\u00a0 David is the master of possibility and the dream maker, who goes beyond imagination and breathes life into the spectacular dreams in people’s hearts.<\/p>\n

David embracing his unique talent allows him to be his most authentic self while continuing to blossom and grow, blessing others in the process.\u00a0 David being his marvelous self motivates me to see myself and the world more beautifully and, more importantly, to experience myself more honestly and wholly.\u00a0 I have begun asking myself…\u00a0 Am I honoring God\/J by living my highest purpose?\u00a0 Am I fully using my gifts and talents?\u00a0 Am I living my dreams?\u00a0 Am I creating beautiful experiences?\u00a0 Am I loving and valuing myself and others?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Are abundance, generosity, joy, and Love the foundations for my decisions?\u00a0 Am I choosing fear or Love?<\/p>\n

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“Fear comes from uncertainty.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once you clarify your purpose for doing something,<\/strong><\/p>\n

the way to do it becomes clear.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

~ Oprah Winfrey ~<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am beginning to understand the importance, power, and value of being present in the moment.\u00a0 Moments merge time and space into a singular creative, spiritual force that is the essence of change.\u00a0 Birthday.\u00a0 Congratulations.\u00a0 Family.\u00a0 Friend.\u00a0 First.\u00a0 Home.\u00a0 I Love You.\u00a0 New. Surprise. Sympathy.\u00a0 Wedding.\u00a0 Welcome.\u00a0 Moments are the springboard for experiences, growth, and opportunities, the threads that weave the tapestry of our lives.\u00a0 Am I cherishing and honoring or analyzing and critiquing?\u00a0 Am I reacting and surviving or am I creating, intending, responding, and thriving?\u00a0\u00a0 Joyce Meyer says wisdom is making choices today that one will be glad about tomorrow.\u00a0 What am I choosing for myself in this moment?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

~ Tony Robbins ~<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heath Ledger’s performance in, The Dark Knight <\/em>still resonates deeply with me.\u00a0 Heath is a brilliant talent extinguished senselessly with seemingly so much talent to be expressed and shared.\u00a0 My heart moved as I began thinking about the idea of “last”, recognizing that each breath is a gift, every action is a choice, and decisions are the building block in one’s “legacy”.\u00a0 I began pondering what is between me and living my dreams?\u00a0 Energy?\u00a0 Money?\u00a0 Motivation?\u00a0 Talent?\u00a0 Time?\u00a0 The list goes on, and every answer has one common denominator.\u00a0 Me.\u00a0 What kind of a life am I creating for myself?\u00a0 What do I believe is possible for me?<\/p>\n

“Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue,<\/strong><\/p>\n

and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

~ The Wizard of Oz ~<\/strong><\/p>\n

Love, is the most creative, healing, inspiring, powerful, wise force in the universe living inside of every living being.\u00a0 Is my intention giving Love, getting Love, or simply being Love?\u00a0 How often I go into the world seeking Love, forgetting that I am BeLoved.\u00a0 We are seated right in the center of God’s\/J’s heart and made in His likeness and image, Love.\u00a0 Babies are created by “making Love”, and every cell within us is Love.\u00a0 How would I show up if I deliberately choose to go into the world\u00a0 seeking to identify and celebrate Love?<\/p>\n

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“To love another person is to see the face of God.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

~ Victor Hugo ~<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What if dreams are a co-created blueprint with God\/J instructing me how to be blessed to be a blessing to others?\u00a0 What if everything my heart desires is ready and waiting for me …waiting for me to be ready and willing to receive?\u00a0 What if every dream is at my fingertips and simply a matter of giving myself permission …permission to Love and BeLoved.\u00a0 What if I stopped assessing my own worthiness and started simply being?\u00a0 What if Love is the criteria by which I make every decision?\u00a0 What if I act from a place of joy and self-love, celebrating God\/J within myself and others?<\/p>\n

“Power is perfected in weakness.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

~ 2 Corinthians 12:9 ~<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Love is who we are, and it is also a choice.\u00a0 It’s easy to love people when they are behaving in a lovable way, whether it be ourselves or others.\u00a0 What about our “flaws”?\u00a0 God\/J doesn\u2019t see imperfections, and so why do we?\u00a0 Byron Katie suggests the “flaws” we see in others are opportunities to recognize what we most desire to love within ourselves.\u00a0 It suggests, then, by learning to love our whole selves, trusting our soul wisdom, that we are capable of fully loving others.\u00a0 Perhaps this is why Jesus instructed us to love our neighbors as ourselves.\u00a0 What about loving people (including ourselves), who are behaving in an unlovely fashion?\u00a0 What if we began recognizing it as a cry for love and an opportunity to give Love instead of getting Love?<\/p>\n

“Love answers all things.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

A very wise coach recently reminded me of the importance of claiming joy and embracing and loving myself the way I wish to be loved by others.\u00a0 David Tutera is teaching me the importance of making each moment sparkle.\u00a0 Rumi is offering me the opportunity to see God is Love and begin opening my heart to receive.\u00a0 I am making more deliberate and intentional decisions and creating empowered thoughts that foster joy and peace.\u00a0 I am scripting my destiny with every action, thought, and word, weaving the tapestry of my legacy one action, one choice, and one experience at a time.\u00a0 I am sharing a page in Dorothy’s book, that “if I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with.”\u00a0 I am choosing Love even when it’s not easy and doesn’t make sense.\u00a0 I am choosing Love especially when it requires courage and strength.\u00a0 Fire refines iron, and the raging brook smooths the stone.\u00a0 I desire to Love like God does, to honor people’s free will, to live and let live, to see the starlight in everyone, and to be the Love I wish to see in the world.\u00a0 I choose Love.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

~ Marianne Williamson ~<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a92011 Susan Stackpole\u00a0 www.susanstackpole.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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