HEART DIARY
spectacular display of Love
Love is a spectacular display of kindness.
Be kind to yourself today, speak gently and keep your heart Light.
** photo from Melody LeBaron (space and personal clearing practitioner – transformingspace.com), taken at one of the Disney Parks in Florida. At first glance Melody’s husband discounted this image as one of the worst – until Melody pointed out the heart. You can guess- this photo of fireworks is now their family favorite!
loving you,
Theresa
‘serv-in’ Love
Nourish yourself with Love then your service will be Love.
Fill yourself up with Love and Look for Signs of Love today.
**a Sign of Love in a pancake! – Sara OMara was ‘servin’ her kids Love for breakfast. Without a doubt – when we nourish ourselves with Love we serve from a place of authentic fullness, and that is true service.
loving you,
Theresa
dear deer fear (remarkable story)
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
heart of gold
Love is the heart of gold within, that fools no one.
Love is real. Look for Signs of Love today.
** my friend sent this raw pyrite crystal which is also known as ‘fool’s gold.’ I loved that it’s natural shape was a Sign of Love. Sometimes we try and fool ourselves and others, but truly – our own deep inner heart is golden and never a fraud, always real. Go deep inside and trust your heart today.
loving you,
Theresa
reflection of the heart
Let your heart reflect what is true for you.
Listen to your heart and in quiet reflection notice Signs of Love.
** it’s just a heart puddle on the pavement one rainy day in Eugene, Oregon. A still heart, no matter where, no matter the ‘weather’, no matter what – will mirror truth to us.
loving you,
Theresa
From the heart
Love shares from the heart and listens with the heart.
Look for Signs of Love in who you’re with today.
photo by Amy Bremner (amybremner.com) at Barn Light Coffee in Eugene, Oregon. She says, “this was just an unexpected lovely little heart greeting me when I was meeting a friend for coffee. it might not have been a “heart in nature” but it made me feel good just the same.” Amy Bremner
loving you,
Theresa
silent profound presence of Love
a silent presence of Love can heal and blanket everything.
Every snowflake is a single Sign of Love, silently beautiful, unique and yet one. Notice Signs of Love in a moment of stillness today.
** the ‘heart field’ in Steamboat Springs, Colorado covered in pure white snow right outside Damon and Mimi Hill’s home. In every season – Love is here, and maybe most profound in the quiet, stillness.
loving you,
Theresa
soothing words of Love
The power of Love in your words make rough places smooth.
Entertain loving thoughts today.
** this Sign of Love, a heart rock was found on the beaches of Panama. It’s one of those satiny smooth rocks that are so soothing in your hand and calming. Words can do that too. BEgin by saying loving words to yourself that are filled with compassion and forgiveness.
loving you,
Theresa
melt into Love
Love is always a possibility
Look for Signs of Love today that melt your heart and change the way you look at things.
** this winter I was amazed the many times I noticed the snow often melted away leaving open hearts. I wonder if they were Signs of Love just saying – no matter how cold and stormy an experience can be, just melt into Love during these times. As we do – our hearts will expand and become even more open.
loving you,
Theresa
birthday heart, mothers love (remarkable story)
Because you are here, the world is more wondrous.
Know that of all the Signs of Love – who you are, your light, brilliance, beauty and unique beingness is the most precious of all.
Last night we celebrated our daughter, Abby‘s 30th birthday and somehow, it seemed this year as she begins the third decade of her life, this new chapter called for a sacred splash of color as she boldly left behind the old and stepped into new beginnings.
And so we celebrated in sacred ceremony and remembered.
There’s something that opens and expands our heart when we remember all that we love, precious moments, whispers we alone spoke in the silence of our heart during times we knew only the divine in us could understand – and we felt completely understood.
Love will always bring us back to who we really are. All that we are NOT – the inadequacies that we so many times believe that we are, dissolve in the Light of Love.
I wonder why we so fiercely hold onto those false ideas of doubt, smallness, comparison thinking and fear that limit us and hold us back.
We latch on to those ideas and thoughts that spin keeping us in a holding pattern like a whirlpool pulling us in and taking us down…thinking this is who we are, all the while.
Last night sharing our hearts, touching into the core of Love that changes everything into perfection, we saw only gifts of wisdom, strength, courage, joy and great hope. Tears, laughter, a bonding together – all are Love.
And so today, as I share my mother’s heart that is filled with a love I really can’t describe, a deep gratitude that I have come to worry less and that I honor my children’s journey and know a little more deeply that no matter what, I can trust – everything will be okay and they are held in the infinite arms of Love eternally.
Abby, I wish for you deep peace, great joy and that you listen to your inner-most heart so that every step is divinely guided, each word is salted in Love that heals wounds and brings out the best in yourself and the best in all you touch, and may the true essence of Love that we all are, come forth in your presence.
I love you darling, more than you will ever know. Thank you for gracing our life, for all you’ve taught us, for your contagious laughter your bright and brilliant light, and your heart of love and service.
May Love bless your life, and your Love bless the lives of all you touch.
**and so what does this Indian papadum bread photo have to do with anything? It was a spontaneous sign of love served with Abby’s birthday dinner!
loving you,
Theresa
