How Letting Go Renews Love
recommitting to love, and allowing it to blossom in our hearts. It takesI’ve come to realize that the same is true about the spiritual journey.It also requires continually
devotion,
renewal, and an
opening of ourselves to grace. This intimacy
and love we share with the Divine is always growing, deepening with trust, and
with renewed faith.
Take a moment to reflect upon your long-term relationships. What are the gifts that have
blossomed from these relationships with others, with the Divine, and with yourself?
blossomed from these relationships with others, with the Divine, and with yourself?
In all of our relationships, there are times when we must let go of what is not serving the
relationship, in order to allow for more growth and life. We must be willing to constantly meet
the now, and as reminds us, this is a place for great gratitude.
The present moment is always offering us the opportunity to recommit to love and to
renew our love.
relationship, in order to allow for more growth and life. We must be willing to constantly meet
the now, and as reminds us, this is a place for great gratitude.
The present moment is always offering us the opportunity to recommit to love and to
renew our love.
How can this month be a time of renewal for you?
- Can you put down what is no longer serving you—the stories you carry from the
- past or the pain that lingers in your heart?
- How are you being called to quiet your mind and tune into a sense of
- inner spaciousness?
- Practice consciously setting aside what is no longer serving you. Imagine you are
- climbing up the mountain of your life, and you need to make the load lighter.
- See yourself releasing what is weighing you down, and feel yourself getting lighter.
Colette Lafia is a San Francisco-based spiritual director, workshop and retreat- facilitator, and adjunct faculty member at Mercy Center Burlingame.
- She is also a part-time school librarian. Colette is the author of
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- She has a passion for helping people connect more deeply with the presence
- of the sacred in their daily lives and blogs about it at .
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