THIS IS AN ALERT
Good Morning to all of you out there as you began to start your New Day. Whatever you're doing right now STOP! Wife, hug your husband and tell him I love you. Husband, hug your wife and tell her I love you. Parents, hug your child or children and say I love you. Children call your mother or father and say to them I love you. Friends, follow suit as well. For some of you it will be the last time you'll hear those words coming from the person you say it to. On yesterday I encountered a very dysfunctional family that lost a loved one that was very dear to the family, but because of so much bitterness and discord in the family nobody ever took on the responsibility to break that "bad blood" among each other. One would have thought a massacre had taken place when the family member passed away. When someone says the words, "I hate you", those words cut to the heart and soul of us. Just as those words have the power to kill, the words, "I love you", have an even greater power. They heal the heart, mind, body, and soul. Love's power is greater than anything on this earth.
Sometimes, due to all the water under the bridge, we sometimes forget that the bridge is still "over" the water and you can still cross over to the other side of hatred to the love that's always waiting on the other side. It's not about whether someone accepts hearing the words I LOVE YOU, even-though we want those words reciprocated, those words are just as much about us as they are the other person. When we forgive and give LOVE, we can feel the freedom from the feelings of bondage from hatred or disdain that holds us. You may say, "What if I don't mean it?" My advice to you is, say it until it gets into your spirit and you will find you really do mean it. Don't go through life feeling regrets, when there is a loss, because you have right now to make things right. No more woulda, shoulda, coulda.
Love NOW, because tomorrow may be too late.
Bren..........The Matiraich
WOW!!!!! This is so true. I have realized that at one time I did not hug and tell my family members I loved them. I am not real sure why I did not do this because it was something that was practiced and demonstrated in our home as a child. As I sit here thinking about it, I think there was so much hurt and pain experienced from my children's father that I became hard and did not want to experience that pain anymore.
ReplyDeleteNow, I realize that LIFE is way to short for holding on to pain and hurt. On top of that, we can really live again until we've confronted it, forgiven, and let go of it. I hug my boys as often as I can and tell them I love them everyday because I don't know what tomorrow holds. Thanks for sharing MOM and I love you with all my heart.