Thoughts on...
Just for today, I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.
The opposite of fear is love… so when we are unafraid we are filled with love… Unconditional love!
When living from a position of unconditional love, we have nothing to prove.
When living from a position of unconditional love, our hearts are trouble-free.
When living from a position of unconditional love, we are filled with hope.
When living from a position of unconditional love, we live from our spirit.
Unconditional love is the gift of acknowledging, appreciating, and supporting ourselves and others without any restrictions or stipulations.
Unconditional love is the giving of love to others without any expectations… In other words, there are no requirements for them to meet for them to receive acknowledgment, appreciation, and support.
Unconditional love has nothing to do with romance, friendships or relationships, though it can exist in all three.
Unconditional love has more to do with how much we love ourselves. The more we love ourselves, the more unconditional love emits from us.
Unconditional love is our complete acceptance of every aspect of ourselves… including all our flaws and weaknesses. We learn to love every flaw and weakness about ourselves because, especially, our flaws and weaknesses make us uniquely special and keep us humble. Our complete acceptance of ourselves is the foundation necessary for us to allow others into our world. Until we are unafraid… until we accept ourselves… we can’t give unconditional love to anyone else. Unconditional love has no boundaries or limits. Unconditional love does not try to control the actions or behaviors of anyone else. Unconditional love does not place conditions. Unconditional love loves no matter how someone behaves. Unconditional love always wants the best for others… regardless, what direction their path may take. Unconditional love is an unstoppable encouraging force… that has its foundation in the complete love we have for ourselves no matter what another person may say or do. Others words and actions will not change any aspect of our quiet joy.
I am not afraid when I take time to connect to my spirit… My spirit is my best self… my heart… my soul… The place where I don’t need to hurt anyone. The place where I can express a problem without making those around me believe less of themselves or incompetent... The place where if someone wants to strike out at me verbally I don’t need to respond or be hurt…
When we walk in our spirit… life flows… oh, there still are challenges. How can we grow without challenges? Life is not static… we are either growing or dying… Yes, it can be in large leaps or minuscule amounts… but we are either growing or dying… no matter what our age.
Life is our journey. We can live it compassionately, graciously, calmly, humbly and with unconditional love for all around us; or we can live it being aloof, friendless, uptight, conceited, and loathing. Those are strong emotions: strong positive emotions and, strong negative emotions. When we look at them side-by-side we see the power they carry. If we own one in the set of negative emotions, we probably carry more than just a few bits of them all. If we own one in the set of positive emotions, we probably carry more than just bits of them too. Both sets are strong emotions that feed off each other; either positively or negatively.
When we shift to being unafraid, we shift to giving unconditional love. When we shift to living unafraid, from that position of unconditional love, the fear of anger and acts of vengeance from other people for any behavior we do is removed. Living unafraid makes open and honest relationships possible.
When we give love unconditionally our happiness comes from within. Our love flows to all around us and those around us send love back to us.
When we live unafraid and our unconditional love flows freely, we are free of anger. Our mind requires harmonious thoughts. So, it’s impossible to be upset with another person if we have made the conscious decision that we will live unafraid… because at the moment we make that decision… we have shifted to a position of unconditional love.
When we live unafraid and love unconditionally, we eliminate deceptions, emotional schemes, and one-sided discussions. We consciously choose to take responsibility for living unafraid and loving unconditionally regardless of the behaviors of others.
The people, places and things that we attract increases the love we already have for ourselves, but others can never supersede our own unconditional love. Each day we make that conscious decision that… Just for Today, we will live unafraid… no matter what anyone else thinks, says or does.
Because we live unafraid… Because our foundation is unconditional love… we give freely to each person we come in contact… whether they treat us like kindly or cruelly… each person we meet has value… each person we meet we trust is trying their best...
Because we live unafraid… because our foundation is unconditional love… we don’t threaten anyone with… “if you don’t do this – I’ll not like you” phrases. The use of “if you don’t do this – I’ll not like you” phrases makes living unafraid impossible…
We can’t live unafraid and threaten someone… Threatening represents fear and the expectation that what we fear will happen.
Living unafraid, loving unconditionally exists when there aren’t any “if you don’t do this – I’ll not like you” demands.
Living unafraid, loving unconditionally, is not guaranteed: it’s a choice. To live unafraid, in other words, love unconditionally, is something we choose to undertake, not something that just automatically happens. If we really mean we want to live unafraid, it requires extending unconditional love to those we don’t like and accepting each person for exactly who they are, despite our past attitudes about them.
We aren’t living unafraid or loving unconditionally if we have already decided how we feel about someone or what an outcome should be.
If we have ANY expectation as to what an outcome should be… yet have convinced ourselves that we are living unafraid… STOP! We are mistaken… because the second we have any kind of expectation… the second we are pushing a specific outcome… we have shifted to a position of fear… And once fear arrives… unconditional love is blocked. We may still feel love, but our love in this moment is conditional in nature.
Ways we can shift to living unafraid… in other words, live from a position of unconditional love.
Meditate using, “I choose to love unconditionally,” as our mantra.
Repeat, “I choose to love unconditionally,” as an affirmation throughout our day.
Throughout the day think… “I choose to love unconditionally”.
If we find ourselves upset at ourselves or someone else, STOP IMMEDIATELY and repeat, “I love unconditionally, no matter what the circumstance or person.”
We cannot fear and love at the same time because it is not harmonious thinking. As soon as we shift to that position of love the fear inside us dissipates.
When we live unafraid and love ourselves unconditionally, we write our own life’s story rather than allowing circumstances write it for us. When we live unafraid, we take advantage of the infinite possibilities within ourselves. Living unafraid awakens our passion to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as we give to the world, so the world will give to us.
So, Just for today, I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.