Love dissolves all fear.

Embrace where you are, what you see and Look for Signs of Love. (remarkable story -scroll down)

Lithia Park in Ashland, Oregon will always be in my heart tucked softly in a special little corner.

When we lived there I would trek the beautiful path almost daily, while repeating my mantra …’I am love, I am loved; I am love, I am loved.’

I knew if I could remind myself of Love enough, that Love would fill me up and fear would finally disappear…and I was so afraid back then.

I’d hear the bubbling creek beside me chatting the whole time reminding me to open to the flow.
The flourishing trees reached towards the sun and they always spoke to me of the strength of gentleness as they grew silently into the light.

I loved this space that held me so close in those precarious times.

This day, many moons later and not have visited the park intimately in a couple years, I was eager to greet my beloved Lithia.

Can I tell you how wide my heart opened in gratitude as I stepped out of my car into this familiar sacred place?

I had changed over the years, and so this path felt both old and new at the same time.

My eyes rained of sheer joy along with the raindrops falling from the sky.  It was a dance that could only be described as nothing and everything all at once.

Approaching a little walk bridge I noticed a deer track, a small sign of evidence deer could be near.

In an instant I heard a flurry directly in front of me and a startling flash of movement.  Fear in all its’ weakness was staring (actually reflecting) right back at me through 3 pair of big brown eyes!

Those three amazing deer started to tear up the cliff, then stopped just a few feet away and looked back at me again.

In that split second I decided to embrace my fear.  I felt my heart expand out until I was them.

Through the eyes of my heart I saw no fear and for the next few moments I looked into the depth of their eyes and quietly repeated these words…’I love you’.

We stood together in this energetic, eternal embrace and I realized there’s a place where we can stand in our fear that is precious.  We can stand in Love – and in that moment fear melts into Love.

(deer track photo: www.naturejustoutsidemydoor.com)

loving you,
Theresa