November 4, 2025- Flow of love

There are two pillars of happiness… One is love. The other is finding a way of coping with life that does not push love away.

~Arthur Brooks

If we want happiness in our lives, we are going to want to surround ourselves in love. More than a feeling, that love needs to be an action word. It must continuously move and flow. It must flow within us, outward from us, and inward to us.

All that flow of love has the potential of getting stuck in any one of those directions. Through action, and by our choices, we must keep it moving.

Do we choose to practice unconditional self love? Do we let love flow within ourselves? Do we have compassion for ourselves through struggle and grace for our mistakes?

Do we actively show our love for others? Do we perform intentional acts of kindness? Do we express our gratitude for those around us?

Do we accept the love of others? Do we trust others enough to be vulnerable with them? Do we keep our pride from getting in the way? Do we offer others time and space to love us?

We must be willing to reflect on all of these pathways of love in our lives. We must keep the flow moving. The best version of us has love flowing to, from, and within them. Let’s work on that today.