Love's reflections

I just have to sit and write a little about some of the themes that have been running through my mind about love - not just loving myself but also the act of loving others.

First reflection:
On vulnerability - I don't know if I shared this TED talk with you. It was sent to me by my old boss and good friend. Brene Brown talks about vulnerability and it has had my mind turning thinking about a poem or poems about vulnerability and love. I have been searching for positive metaphors to use - maybe I just need to so a series using all kinds of metaphors instead of just using using one. Regardless of what I do I hope you will have a listen to what Brene has to say:

http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html

Second reflection:
Of loving myself through the fear. Again today I loved my fear and anxiety to help me. This time with great changes going on with my Mom and Dad and the deep love and emotion I feel for them. I realized when I wrote "I love my fear" that struck me as an odd statement. I feel all of a sudden that I should explain the phrase, as if you won't get it. Maybe I should state it as "I give my fear Love" which is a more accurate statement and better indicates what I do to my fear. I could right now go off on a tangent of what is fear and how giving love and comfort helps me understand why I am afraid and so then to love myself through a scary situation - well that is in short what I did today - instead of being anxious and scared about seeing Mom - I love myself and gave love to my fear to comfort it and me. The phrase that just came to me what "I was a loving mother to my fear" - which will most likely become a poem

Third reflection:
The is a puzzle of love - in loving others - the boundaries we set and why we are friends with people who challenge us - friends who are not like me in so many ways that even there is a huge gulf between us on many things - much of which remains unspoken -but that somehow there is a curious connection is made - I am not sure what kind of connection - and this I will leave up to the universe - but write about it in poems.....

Okay - now I can go to sleep I think - but part of me very much wants to get writing.....

Sweet dreams.