Impacting the world with love

The list is endless, but for purposes of today’s feature, I’d leave it there for now. Love is highly recommended as a solution for repairing broken homes and communities.

As the elders uttered centuries ago, there is a trick in every trade and certainly in understanding love, it is no different.

To ensuring that one has the correct recipe for love, first start with self-love; loving yourself and also accepting the you that you see in the mirror is the start of a successful journey of love.

If you’re not focused, some distractions can negatively affect your trek up the hill of love.

For instance, continuously seeking validation on your general outlook and inner beauty is a major obstruction which hinders your psyche from functioning smoothly.

Waiting to be loved is indeed a recipe for disaster, as if love does not flow your way first, this would be observed by others and would affect the way in which they communicate with you.

Seeking validation, acceptance, recognition and acknowledgement from others is a sign of weakness, that requires urgent introspection and remedial action.

It means that you are abdicating your responsibility of loving yourself, and resting it in the hands of others, who may not know or even care about you.

Love is manifested in many forms; there are particular types of love for your family members, your children, your friends and your significant other.

Because of the way humankind has been socialised and wired from creation, some individuals do not realise that they are seeking love from others through their actions.

The key is being aware at all times of the things that are said as well as actions that appear to seek validation.

Loving yourself is at the very core of self-respect and self-empowerment.

Once you have crossed this hurdle, the rest of your love journey is simple! Love produces high levels of energy that allow people to be kind to each other, and to reach out to each other with words of generosity and goodwill.

Love has the power to positively transform homes, communities, societies, and by extension the entire world.

It also has the ability to positively impact a world where people would no longer be interested in laying their fears and insecurities at the feet of others hoping to receive love in return, because there would be an abundance of self-love.

Love represents who you are and your state of being; if this is non-existent, more than likely, fear and other negative emotions step in.

Sandrine Rattan is a communications/ branding consultant, author and president of the International Women’s Resource Network (IWRN) Contact: thecorporatesuitett@gmail.

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