The Withheld Love of Yesterday

-Quotation Wednesday

“We are not held back by the love we didn’t receive in the past, but by the love we’re not extending in the present.”
~Marianne Williamson

Okay. Let’s be honest with ourselves, only for a moment. How often would you imagine, you think about withheld love from the past? Whether from someone else, or from your own being, do you recognize your thoughts ever leaning in this direction? It could even be thinking about how someone had wronged you, or entertaining blameful thoughts about how you didn’t do what you feel should have been done.

When we are so wrapped up in the pains of yesterday, how are we to consciously share love right now? I’m even going to mention being caught up in the pleasures of yesterday as well, can be just as dangerous. So seriously ask yourself and take notice of the thoughts you have, when your attention drifts toward failures of the past, or anticipated loss of love in the future, ask yourself… what does this thought have to do with right now? Can this thought empower me to see love now, and act with beauty in this moment?

Soon you may realize, your thoughts as just thoughts, running circles as they try and make sense of a world lost to an idea of separation. What would you be, without all the thoughts of past negativity?

Did you find genuine value within this post? If you did, then most likely you know someone else who will as well. I invite you to share the goodness!
Namaste -Tigmonk