{"id":4439,"date":"2014-04-02T17:02:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T17:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/?p=4439"},"modified":"2014-04-02T18:48:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T18:48:36","slug":"i-receive-understanding-tenderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2014\/04\/i-receive-understanding-tenderly.html","title":{"rendered":"I Receive Understanding Tenderly."},"content":{"rendered":"

With gentle grace there is release.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t proving you don\u2019t need love.\u00a0 It\u2019s soaking up every ounce of love you can feel, get your hands around. It\u2019s important to celebrate your life. It\u2019s the only one we have. And in it we are serving others. I expect to blow it out at all times in glory and understanding and be damned if I\u2019m a wilting butterfly. I am an Amazon of biblical and epic proportions and god damn it if I\u2019m not going to explore it endlessly and effortlessly in all that I do.<\/p>\n

I receive all understanding tenderly. Knowing that it is given in honor of all that I am.<\/p>\n

Learning to look at love in a new way. Learning what love actually looks like. Is all we have to learn. That\u2019s the basic and simple and endless journey. Once you have a glimpse of it. Once you\u2019ve seen what it really looks like.<\/p>\n

Kahil Gabrain talks of a child\u2019s parents are not their parents\u2026\u00a0 \u201cYour father isn\u2019t your real father. Your mother is not your real mother. Your real father is god. He will re-parent you.<\/p>\n

I start praying \u2013 with intent\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cHelp me feel cherished.\u00a0 So when people cherish me I can recognize it and stand in that space. \u00a0I will not reject or cling or push away or run some game to avoid claiming that space.\u00a0\u00a0I will bask in my inner glow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vanessa broke out the extra tool chest.<\/p>\n

I was ready to leave the little girl behind and embrace the grown woman.<\/p>\n

I remembered.<\/p>\n

Stop it.<\/p>\n

Love.\u00a0 Wholeheartedly.<\/p>\n

Join in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process of psychotherapy is the return to sanity. Teacher and pupil, therapist and patient, are all insane or they would not be here. Together they can find a pathway out, for no one will find sanity alone.\u201d– ACIM<\/p>\n

\"Ocean<\/a><\/p>\n

Melanie Lutz’s\u00a0Vanessa by the Sea follows the journey of \u201cwalking into the water\u201d of true being ness in equanimity with the soul in this spiritual exploration of waking up to the deeper conversation of life. \u00a0 Check out more at\u00a0http:\/\/vanessabythesea.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 to pre-order a copy email info@melanielutz.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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