Romance in Motion

Romance in Motion
"The Singing Butler" - Jack Vettriano

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Choose to Live!

Painting By Michelangelo

"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."
- Michelangelo

What do you fear?
Why do you fear?
Are your fears real?
Do you have faith?
Why do you have faith?
Why do you believe your faith is real?
Look at yourself in the mirror, are you real?
What makes you think you are real…. a reflection?
So, if you can see yourself, then you know you must exist.
Can you see your thoughts?
How do you know they are real if you cannot see them?
Of course, you and I know are thoughts are real…
Your life is a reflection of your thoughts.
Then why do we give power to fear, rather than to faith?
Jesus said, “Have faith!  If you say unto this mountain go throw yourself into sea and do not doubt, it shall be done.”
What mountain lies before you?
Do not give power to your fears.
Feed your Faith...
There is nothing you cannot accomplish!
Choose to live bigger than you are today.
Walk each step with faith
You can choose to live small or large...
The choice is yours…
What do you choose?
So many choose to live their life without living it!
Please don’t let that be you!
Recognize the strength that lies within you.
You are awesome!
There is so much power within you to accomplish much.
Do not doubt!
Be faithful to yourself.
Be faithful to God.
Today, choose to live not just a mere existence...
Stretch yourself.
Decide to chase a dream…
Then do it!

Friday, June 10, 2011

'Choose to Become Whole'

Today, I want to share with you that you must work on yourself to be the best person you can possibly become.  There is so much to you, great capabilities to achieve great success in every aspect of your life.  Celebrate your individuality!  You do not have to be like other people, you do not need to follow the crowd - follow the beat to your own drum; it is quite okay to do so. 

As you explore all the possibilities of your life, what do you feel are your greatest attributes?  Your ability to connect with others, be a friend, a good listener, perhaps one of your best qualities is to provide acts of service to others.  Maybe you possess a great intellectual mind and are capable to solve large complex problems or successfully negotiate tough deals.  Maybe you are very skilled with your hands and able to create, build, repair, and restore large and small to the most complex and the simplest of gadgets.  No matter your talent, capitalize upon your innate ability and through discipline you will develop many skills.

Today is a good day to choose to recognize the great qualities of all those in your life.  Instead of focusing on your similarities, maybe you should choose to learn about your differences and embrace them.  Allow your significant other to be themselves and allow them to flourish in their individuality.  A great mistake many couples make is to be strive to be alike in everything and in doing so limit their own uniqueness.  This is a sad statement. Rather, I encourage you to support your differences in the way you think, see issues, and in your personal interests.  It is okay to have differences rather than be in relationship where you mimic one another in everything you do.  None of us need a clone, rather we need someone to enhance our lives, challenge our thinking and stretch us to grow to become more.

In our pursuit to live uniquely, rather than in a homogenized relationship, we choose to openly accept our differences and realize it is okay.  We also celebrate our similarities noting the glue that ties us together in our relationship.  The glue is our shared values, lifestyle choices and commitment level to those important to us in our lives.

A great concept in our relationships is to decide to allow each other the freedom to be ourselves.  When we recognize why we were initially attracted to someone it is usually because there was something special about them and also they shared our same values.  In my book, character is very important, what attracts me to a woman is someone who is confident in her demeanor, has high values, and loves herself and others.  Maybe not everyone needs that in someone they seek, but it is essential we each learn what is our (turn-on’s) so to speak because those traits are the prerequisites we desire in those we bring into our lives.

I hope these thoughts are causing you to realize the importance of recognizing your uniqueness and that of the special person in your life, or those you want to enter your life.  I want you to live an unparalleled existence with great happiness, joy and with unbounded love by unbinding the most important person in your life providing them the freedom to be his or herself.  In doing so, you provide them with a great gift and with mutual understanding you too will be showered with the greatest gift of all to be yourself.

You will then find in allowing each other this great freedom, a new math 1 + 1 = 1

Sunday, June 5, 2011

An Adventure!

I find it intriguing all the books, magazine articles and the enormous amount of literature and media about relationships.  As men and women in our 21st century society, we make it too complicated and create this labyrinth of entanglement.  So why can’t it be simple?  I love you and you love me.  We embrace, we kiss, take one another’s hand, smile, laugh and love. 

A great relationship begins with two people who are willing to discard each of their complicated components.  Life is pretty simple, find someone who commands your every thought and attention and love them.  The challenge is how do we find someone who we are completely mesmerized with and who also is willing to love us in the same manner, or be ready for love and accept our love. 

Love in itself is about giving yourself away, to forget about selfishness and to share the best of our own individual nature.  I believe in all my writings you as the reader have a great idea of what I believe about love.   At first, when we fall in love with someone, it is a choice and after awhile we become entranced, and it is no longer a choice if we truly love.  You see, we can’t help ourselves from loving the other person, it becomes a part of our personal nature and we love and love.  Some people call this obsession, of course it is obsession, what do they think real love is?  We all want to find ourselves obsessed and to be the obsession of someone special.

I really do believe some people have a greater persona to love than others.  Some individuals are very guarded, this idea of guarding one’s heart is so selfish.  The only motive in guarding oneself is to protect oneself from hurt. The greatest lovers to ever grace this earth, always open themselves to all possibilities, hurt, pain and the possibility of misery are worth the real prize in finding and experiencing true love.

In our life’s adventure to find true love, we must sometimes forget the past, it does not matter.  Only the promise of what this day holds and the vision of what we can conceive about our future is what makes a difference.  The best place to start in our endeavor is to first love ourselves.  Take inventory of every wonderful trait you possess, because everyone regardless who we are has this most magnificent person inside of ourselves.  Some of us bottle up all our feelings, or perhaps have been trampled upon in the past and have settled for mediocrity rather than revealing the distinctive brilliance which lies within our souls.  So without question, forget the past, forget about those have trampled upon you, also abandon every doubt you have a tendency to cling to, and decide to live with passion and faith.  Inside of your heart there is great beauty, a radiance to be revealed, so sumptuous that others in life will be attracted to you.  You see my friend, this is the place to start in your quest for real love, to love yourself.

Why would you want to be in a relationship with someone who did not love themselves? How in the world would they be capable of loving you?  And if you did not love yourself, how could you love them?  It would not be fair, and without the balance of this parity of love, you have nothing! 

So to find true love, be everything God created you to be.  In fact, decide this day to release your real personality, your most charismatic self, and in doing so you’ll find peace and personal happiness that will lead you to and draw others to you who also are in love with themselves. Your life will be more magnificent than you have ever dreamed, and the special person you have been waiting to discover will find you.   


Wednesday, June 1, 2011

"A Prayer"

Dear Heavenly Father,
We glorify you for the creation of this magnificent universe and especially for those special people you have placed into our lives.  We confess unto you that we are not always perfect, we long to be perfect, but we cannot help ourselves to sin.  We thank you for the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, for His love and sacrifice covering all our sins with His blood.  We pray today that you would change our hearts to be like you… loving, caring, giving, forgiving without a thought of selfishness upon our hearts.  We ask that you place your Hand upon us and direct the Holy Spirit to lead us this day down the right path in life.  In Jesus our Savior’s Most Precious Holy Name we pray.  Amen.