Being In Love

Written by Victoria Leal

Being in love is such a wonderful feeling. It makes your whole body come alive. Your emotions are elevated to new heights. You think about things that you never thought were possible. You fantasize about things you have never done before. And the most important part of all of your dreams and fantasies is that you are not alone. For you are there my love, every step of the way, guiding my path with the light of your love. How do you know if it is really love, especially so soon?

 Our Father loves us all immediately, if we are made in his image, why then do we think that we cannot do the same. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. To imagine that we do not possess the same love for one another that our Father possesses for us all, is difficult for me to comprehend. When we first meet, it is not you and I meeting, as we are, it is the meeting of our spirits and we fall in love with the true self immediately. Then the mind steps in and says, you can't possibly love this person, for you don't even know them. You have only just met, and you haven't even met in person! You don't know enough about them to make that kind of decision. But in your heart and your spirit, you know that your mind is inexperienced in matters of love. Your mind remembers pain and hurt but your soul remembers love.

There are only two reasons why we ever do anything, and they are LOVE or FEAR. Your mind is skeptical, but your heart is pure, it is the believer of all that is good. I choose to allow the feelings of love to flow through me to you. But how can I say that when I have also allowed my mind to get in the way. My mind tells me that you will get hurt. My mind tells me that he doesn't love you. My mind tells me that you mean nothing to him. My mind tells me that you will be replaced just as quickly as you came. My mind tells me that I am in this alone. And so I end it before it begins.

To know true love from one human being to another is such a wonderful feeling, if only it could remain as pure as it was intended. By being humans, sometimes we fall short of loving unconditionally, as our Father loves us. I struggle with myself because my heart definitely feels something for you, I love you. My mind ask the question, is it you or is it the thought of being in love? My answer to this is that right now, no one can take your place in my heart. I know that my heart is true. But the fear that has been planted by my mind says, well what if you feel this way all by yourself? He doesn't feel that way about you. Don't you feel like a fool?

Then I remember that there are only two reasons why we ever do anything, LOVE or FEAR, and I choose LOVE. In order to let the love that is within us all flourish, we will fall in love many times in this life, but to the one who loves us back, goes all of the blessings.

About the Author:
Victoria Leal is the Owner of Reality Check.bravehost.com.  To find helpful information on how to live the kind of life you deserve, please visit: http://realitycheck.bravehost.com  This article is copyright  2007 by Victoria Leal and may be reprinted in it's entirety as long as this byline and copyright statement are included.