My Dearest ,
I'm writing to you from beautiful Edgartown, MA (Martha's Vineyard) where I'm vacationing with my family this week since my younger brother is getting married tomorrow.
I can't even begin to share how proud I feel of him taking this step with the man he loves and how grateful I feel to live in a time and place where this is not just possible but acceptable.
Before arriving here I spent a few amazing days in Winchester with my extended family where I experienced a few unforgettable moments reconnecting with what has always been my favorite season of all, the fall.
Perhaps it's the feeling of life as it willingly dies to be born anew, maybe it's the essence of nature being so elegantly unattached to what has been alive but no longer is. It could even possibly be the mixture of orange, brown and red combined with a cool wind and a fiery yet nostalgic light that makes me feel even more alive.
I've never been able to verbalize why I feel so alive during this time of the year but one thing is certain, it always makes me go within and search for my truth and this year is no exception.
Lately, I've forced myself to question what I know about love. You see, for the longest time I've grown accustomed to giving and receiving love without fully surrendering to the realization that true love is selfless endless and if it's endless this means it cannot end and if it's selfless it means there can't be any secret strings attached.
If what I'm saying is in any way true it has powerful implications: it means love doesn't end when someone you love stops loving you, (so long as your heart remains open and loving). It doesn't end when the person you love dies and it certainly doesn't end if you realize that the person you love doesn't love you the same way you "expect them" to love you back.
In truth, love is transcendental, but for it to feel so, we must learn to love like nature loves the fall. In other words, we must be willing to love beyond form, we must be willing to love in the midst of BIG changes and we must be willing to love with a surrendering sense of faith.
The only love that is pure and lasting is the love we give without strings attached.
So if you've lately experienced the illusion of loss of love I invite you to use this fall as a gentle and powerful reminder that true love cannot die it simply changes form.
There is no video this week so I will leave you with a quote I read today that expresses in short and simple words what I'm attempting to share with quite a few more sentences today:
"The only way love can last a lifetime is if it's unconditional.
The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love" ~S. Kendrick
