Sunday night is “Live Your Truth” night for me. LYT is a twitter chat f.ree event, #lytchat, hosted by @elizabethpw. Last night’s conversation centered on “finding your truth”. And the first thought that came to mind was, “I think my truth found me”.
Then I allowed it, explored and expanded it, and now, I nurture it.
How did this come to be?
Love first.
I opened my daily affirmative reading today, in Journey to the Heart, by Melody Beattie, and found this confirmation: (I couldn’t have written it more perfectly)
“Love brings with it the gift of freedom.
Love teaches us to allow the person we love to do as he or she chooses.
It teaches us to encourage the people we love to freely make their own choices,
to seek their own path, to learn their lessons their way in their own time.”
and then:
“Love means each person is free to follow his or her own heart,
seek his or her own path.
If we truly love, our choices will naturally and freely serve that love well.
When we give freedom to another, we really give freedom to ourselves.”
My truth is that when I finally let go and stopped trying to control everyone around me, I was able to do it by honoring and respecting their right to live their truth. I had to allow them the dignity to make their own choices. What I wanted or expected was no longer relevant.
When I truly accepted love without restraints I became keenly aware of my own truth, shifting forever into living the courageous life of love first.
To learn more about Elizabeth Potts Weinstein and her “Live Your Truth” project, 3 Days to Video and other programs, check her out at http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/lytchat.