Love

Love expressed softens the harsh cutting edge of any experience. Whether we’re the recipients of love or the givers, we still share in the promised rewards, the greatest of which is the knowledge that we belong, that others know us. We know we’re not alone when we feel another’s love, and when we have someone to give love to.

Independence and self reliance are worthy attributes, and may prepare any one of us for survival in hard times. However, if they interfere with our awareness of and praise for the interdependent nature of the world, we’ll discover that our personal survival is at stake. Our emotional, intellectual, and physical development is enhanced by our involvement with others.

The alienation any of us feels at this moment can be quicly dispelled if we’d but offer the hand of love and willingly receive it in turn. Our lives are rich and fulfilling in proportion to the love exchanged among us.

 I will let someone else know I love them today and cherish the good feeling it gives me. ~ThePromise of a New Day.

Intimacy

‘Intimacy means that we can be who we are in a relationship, and allow the other person to do the same. “Being who we are” requires that we can talk openly about things that are important to us, that we take a clear position on where we stand on important emotional issues, and that we clarify the limits of what is acceptable and tolerable to us in a relationship. “Allowing the other person to do the same” means we can stay emotionally connected to that other party who thinks, feels, and believes differently, without needing to change, convince, or fix the other.’

~ The Dance of Intimacy

by Harriet G. Lerner

It’s all in the touch

It’s all in the touch

the touch of love

the touch of healing

the touch of compassion

the touch of reassurance

the touch that says

“You are special, wanted

held in high regard”

It’s all in that touch

that very special touch

the touch you give through us

who reach out to those in need

to those who need to know.

Help us to be channels of your touch

in this dark world

to bring your love

healing

compassion

 and reassurance

to a world that knows

none of these.

‘heart2heart’