At first we know “love” in the form of desire, and later this “love” becomes the comfort of companionship. We think that satisfying our wants or sinking into a partnership will lead us to a state of lasting happiness. And yet for all of us both of these illusions are eventually shattered.

Eventually we come understand that we are now, and always have been, completely alone.

And what a tragically Beauty-full realization this is! For once we have accepted our solitude as an innate fact of our existence, we can finally discover true Love.

Yes, it is only when we have abandoned all hope of “being loved” that we can see that, though essentially alone, we are also immersed in an ocean of other lonely people — Souls we can reach out and touch with gentle acts of Kindness. And when we have the courage to do so, we summon the Divine back to ourselves; we call God back to rest again within our Hearts.

And ironically, it is in these times that we come to know real Love — it is in these times that we are no longer alone.

Filed under: Practical Tips for Peace-full Living by Scaughdt