It’s Valentine’s Day so I’m thinking about love. I’m thinking about the journey I’ve been on in this life and the choices I’ve made to grow in love…or not. I’m thinking about what I used to think love was and what I think love is now. And I’m thinking about how glad I am that I’m 59 years old and finally figuring some things out about love.

Things like this:

Love is sacrifice, yes… after you are full up on loving and caring for yourself.

Love is serving others, yes…from a overflow of a place of having served and cared for yourself.

Love is nurturing others, yes…because you have nurtured yourself first.

Love is spending meaningful and present time with those you love, yes …because you’ve spent that very same time with yourself.

Love is sharing intimacy (in to me see) with your significant other, yes…because you are very intimate with yourself.

Love is showing others the way, yes…because you’ve walk the way; spiritually, emotionally and physically.

Love is caring so deeply for others that it hurts, yes…because love is letting go so that the people you love can complete their assignments on this earth.

Love is forgiveness, yes…of others that have wronged you, but not as important as forgiving yourself.

Love…starts with loving yourself. I’m learning that without that true, beautiful, precious self love I’ll never be great at loving others.

Think about starting today, Valentines Day, making a choice to care and love yourself outrageously. Life will never be the same.

Happy Valentine’s Day.

With love from an overflowing heart,

Letha