Love and Emotions: The Cause and Effect / PART TWO

Love is Self-Sacrificial

What is love?

Most people will say that love is an emotional bond between two persons. This definition may be acceptable in our everyday lives but let us be clear, it is far from being accurate. Love is not an emotion. In fact;

1. Love does not grow or intensify through time. It is unconditional and it is to be given freely and abundantly from the very start. It’s not love that grows, it’s the affection;

2. Love does not come in various flavours to suit all your relationships. The love you have for your mate is the same love you have for your friends. Love does not discriminate. Love is the cause that creates an effect. It is the event that stirs up your affections and actions;
3. Love is not a reward you offer but an obligation you fulfill. It easy to love someone when they are kind, sweet, and respectful. But love remains standsfast when someone persecutes and disrespect you. It does not abandon;
4. Love is not about sex but about a moral commitment;
5. Love does not have an expiry date. It is forever;
6. Love is not limited to your selection of friends. Love shines its grace upon everyone;
7. Love is not a chamelion that changes with history. Love remains the same through out time;
8. Love never pauses. It is based on the works of edification. Building up is a perpeptual action;
9. Love never fails!

Improving Your Self-Esteem / PART 3

You are what you think!

Continuing with our inner journey to self-improvement, we are faced with the proverbial crossroad of life. The one road leads to harmony but is filled with obstacles and confrontations. You must hold each step accountable. Harnony requires effort.

The second road yields little if anything of value. It avoids all challenges and oppositions, susequently it leads to a life of stagnation.

The road to harmony demands faith and courage. Faith is the expectation of a positive outcome. It is the opposite of fear, the main culprit to low self esteem. If one screens life through faith, one challenges life and lives in positive expectation.  Lets continue in realizing a stronger self-esteem.

No. 5   Acknowledge yourself. Keep a journal and write your highlights of the day before going to sleep. Be sure to include three things you did well during the day. Big or small, it’s not of any consequence, as long as you allow yourself to feel acknowledged. It is important to recognize your acheivements.

No. 6   Give freely and receive accordingly.

Your self-worth is augmented when you are making a positive contribution. Subsequently you begin to feel more valuable, lifting your own self-esteem. But you should not expect to recieve more than what you have given. So give abundantly from your heart.

There are 12 tips in this lesson. The remainder will follow soon. © 2011 Unlimited Harmony - Tricotomas