I was talking with my hydro-therapist today about relationships. She said to me that most people enter commitments with the idea of, “Ok, what can I get out of this? What’s truly in it for me? How do I benefit from this?”

She couldn’t be more correct.

We oftentimes unknowingly sabotage our relationships because we don’t have the right intentions. We want to believe that the other person “owes” us happiness, rewards and pleasures. Why is it…

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“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.” –Swami Vivekananda

The words that you speak about yourself, other people, and situations in your life are like putting in an order at a restaurant: They determine what you receive in return. When you speak thoughtfully, your life is filled with loving, harmonious experiences. When you speak harshly, negative energy is the result.

Words…

“He who is in love is in God, and God in he.” — Penna

When you are in love, you are reaching the closest feeling to heaven possible. Notice that when you are in love, you are walking on “cloud nine”, dancing in the streets, flying to the moon, grinning all the time, wishing upon shooting stars, doing and saying the amazing heart-felt things you wouldn’t ever normally? When you are in love, you can touch the…

“‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” –Alfred Lord Tennyson

Why are we so afraid to love? Are we afraid of losing? Are we afraid of being let down? Are we afraid of falling “head over heels”?

When we weigh these questions on our minds, we actually weigh these questions in our hearts. When we choose not to love, we are straining our hearts. Why? Because it is unnatural not…

“We love unconditionally from our inner-most being.  Because, when we do, we can fly and find each other.” — Penna

A lot of people say that they are “in love”. But, what do they really mean by that? Many people’s definition of love is: “Well, she completes me”, or “He’s my support team”, or “We get along well”, or “She makes me laugh”.

Some people also need to be in “transitional” relationships – bridging from one serious…

Have you ever been in Love?  Really, have you?  It is amazing, like lying on a bed of silk sheets full of roses, and sniffing the aroma of a sensually cool and breezy day.  It’s like walking on clouds- and then falling from the clouds into an ocean full of water.  And then, you swimming to the top again- and pull yourself up to walk on top of the water.

When you are in love you can…