July 29th, 2019
Is love really the answer? Life seems so full of hard things like brutality and sickness and pain and death. Love on the other hand seems so soft and willowy.
How could love in any way, shape or form stand up to the hard things in life. G.I.Joe and Marvel super heroes might have a chance but love? Get real.
Let me ask, if you got into a big fight with a bunch of hardened thugs who would you want to show up on your side? Would it be Mother Theresa and the Dalai Lama or would it be Thor and the Hulk?
Would the Hulk smash your adversaries? Of course he would but then what? Some of your adversaries would heal and come after you again. Some of their friends and families would start a vendetta on you and everyone you hold dear. In other words it would never stop. A small Pyrrhic victory at best.
In a world of instant gratification love doesn’t seem to hold its own or does it?
Contrary to popular opinion love doesn’t just sit in your heart waiting to be called on. Your heart is a transformer. It takes the love from the spiritual realms and flows it through you in a way you can handle. If it wasn’t there the high voltage love would come straight through you and you would be walking around all your life like a third grader who just got a daisy from the other third grader who was equally infatuated.
Being “in the flow” actually means having love flow through you. It’s the best, most perfect feeling in life. It makes anything seem possible and the fact is that in this state everything is possible.
So, is love really soft? Yes it is. It wasn’t a giant knife that made the Grand Canyon. It was water. It was soft, continuous water. And therein lies the answer. A continuous flow of love coming through us makes us strong, super hero strong. It makes us feel like life is good and purpose is achieved.
Sometimes the flow of love just starts and sometimes we have to prime the pump with memories or teachings or just peace and quiet.
The best part is that you are in charge of the flow of love in your life.The flow of love allows you to think better, feel better and be better. Think about the people, pets and places you love and in that very moment you will feel the flow begin. Practice, practice, practice and you will find yourself to be stronger than ever in every way.
One added bonus is that as the love flows through you it feeds you too. Drink deeply.
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July 2nd, 2019
First of all I want to apologize for the paucity of Sundrops lately. I am feeling fine. Thank you to everyone for asking.
There’s been some travel and some family issues and some laziness and some new ideas. You know, life stuff.
I have started writing a book to help Caregivers. Those people who sacrifice so much to help another human being. They give all they have and sometimes even more than that. My Mom was the caregiver of my father who had Alzheimers. She gave more than she could and it killed her long before he died. I dedicate the book to her.
There are millions of people in this world with mental health issues, cancer, dementia, addiction and debilitating diseases and we have the numbers and the statistics to count them but the ones who take care of them are much less known.
I don’t expect my book to be a magic wand but like the Sundrops I have written for the past twenty odd years, I want to bring a drop of sunshine into the dark night that these amazing people live in.
If you are a caregiver, I salute you and you are in my prayers. If you know a caregiver, please give your own drop of sunshine. It means more than you could ever imagine.
The book will be out in about a year. If you have a story or a bit of advice, I’d be grateful to hear it and possibly include it in the book if it can help someone. I can always be reached at Patrick@PatrickInspires.com.
Sundrops will return shortly and will soon be on Instagram too. Many of you have asked and the trend seems to be in that direction.
Thanks for being a part of my SOL (Sundrops On Life) family. More to come!
Sundrops On Life -Better Thoughts. Better Days.