LOVE
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage.
~ Lao Tzu ~
As we explore our twelve step program and peel away the onion that is us, we find many parts of ourself that we had never known before. Those parts have always been there … we just weren’t aware of the importance of them. Suddenly, as though it were a lightbulb flashing, it hits us full in the face and we find ourself seeing what our deepest need in life is.
It took practically a lifetime to realize that my deepest need was to love and to be loved. How could I have lived so long and not realized that before? I am grateful that the twelve step program gave me the ability to feel love, perhaps for the very first time. I am also grateful that this beautiful way of living also gave me the ability to give love.
One day at a time
I will keep my heart open for opportunities to love and quietly but expectantly to be loved.
~ Mari
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