What love looks like right now

You and I have heard many times: the importance and the value of love. However, we must remember that love is not passive.
Love seeks justice. Love seeks reconciliation. Love seeks healing. And because of this, love is anything but easy. Love is more than just smiling and being kind and agreeing to disagree. Love is radical. Love changes things. Love challenges our ideas, and challenges us to let go of old ideas. And whether we are learning to show love to a family member, a friend, a co-worker, a partner, a stranger - we must remember that sometimes love looks like a long road ahead.
Love looks like patience. Love looks like listening. And when we listen, we gain understanding - and maybe not total understanding - but we gain understanding about where our boundaries are, we gain understanding about the work that we need to do. So perhaps even when we are giving love, we are also learning about ourselves.
We are learning that even amidst the tension, it is still possible to be present. When we give love, we are reminded of love's abundance. That even when we extend kindness, patience, acceptance, belonging to others and it is not received and it is not returned - love still goes on. Love is still greater than any fear, any ounce of shame, guilt, or doubt. And amidst all that is still unknown, that is worth taking at least one deep breath for. One deep breath to be reminded that there is no shortage of opportunities to grow deeper into love. Even when you have known heartbreak - even when you have been abandoned by those who are supposed to love you - there is still room on the landscape for you to know love in other places. Love will continue to find you, and opportunities to extend love will continue to find you too.
Journal: What do you think is missing from conversations about love?
How you can support this podcast:
Leave a review in the Apple Podcasts App!
Download my app "Storyteller" for daily messages, wallpapers, and FREE push notifications: http://onelink.to/stapp (http://onelink.to/stapp)
My shop: http://garden24.co/ (http://garden24.co)
How you can connect on social media:
Instagram http://instagram.com/morganharpernichols (Instagram.com/morganharpernichols)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/morganhnichols (twitter.com/morganhnichols)
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/morganharpernichols (pinterest.com/morganharpernichols)
YouTube: http://youtube.com/morganharpernichols (youtube.com/morganharpernichols)
TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@morganharpernichols (tiktok.com/@morganharpernichols)
Facebook: http://facebook.com/morganharpernichols (facebook.com/morganharpernichols)
---
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/morganharpernichols/message

You and I have heard many times: the importance and the value of love. However, we must remember that love is not passive.

Love seeks justice. Love seeks reconciliation. Love seeks healing. And because of this, love is anything but easy. Love is more than just smiling and being kind and agreeing to disagree. Love is radical. Love changes things. Love challenges our ideas, and challenges us to let go of old ideas. And whether we are learning to show love to a family member, a friend, a co-worker, a partner, a stranger - we must remember that sometimes love looks like a long road ahead.

Love looks like patience. Love looks like listening. And when we listen, we gain understanding - and maybe not total understanding - but we gain understanding about where our boundaries are, we gain understanding about the work that we need to do. So perhaps even when we are giving love, we are also learning about ourselves.

We are learning that even amidst the tension, it is still possible to be present. When we give love, we are reminded of love's abundance. That even when we extend kindness, patience, acceptance, belonging to others and it is not received and it is not returned - love still goes on. Love is still greater than any fear, any ounce of shame, guilt, or doubt. And amidst all that is still unknown, that is worth taking at least one deep breath for. One deep breath to be reminded that there is no shortage of opportunities to grow deeper into love. Even when you have known heartbreak - even when you have been abandoned by those who are supposed to love you - there is still room on the landscape for you to know love in other places. Love will continue to find you, and opportunities to extend love will continue to find you too.

Journal: What do you think is missing from conversations about love?

How you can support this podcast:

Leave a review in the Apple Podcasts App!Download my app "Storyteller" for daily messages, wallpapers, and FREE push notifications: http://onelink.to/stappMy shop: http://garden24.co

How you can connect on social media:

Instagram Instagram.com/morganharpernicholsTwitter: twitter.com/morganhnicholsPinterest: pinterest.com/morganharpernicholsYouTube: youtube.com/morganharpernicholsTikTok: tiktok.com/@morganharpernicholsFacebook: facebook.com/morganharpernichols

---

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/morganharpernichols/message