Learning to receive love. I just saw a YouTube short where this lady surprised her husband for his birthday cruise with family members joining them to help him celebrate. She stated that she could tell he was surprised as well as overwhelmed because he hasn’t had anyone show up for him this way. She told them to let him gather himself because he’s learning to receive love.
That hit home for me. I too, am at a season in my life, where I’m learning to receive love. I made the conscious decision to give love freely. To show up for others in my life the way I wanted them to show up for me. God helped me to achieve this in so many ways.
I started accepting the invitations, receiving the phone calls and just being a part of the conversations: group texts, small groups and even at work. I made myself visible to others even when I felt invisible. I still need my alone and quiet times, however, I’ve added space in my life for interruptions.
This in turn has allowed me to be more open with others, and not seen as antisocial when I want to say “no” to an invitation. Because I have been intentional about interacting with others, they now know me better, and I them. Even to the point where I wrote a lover letter to my class.
I didn’t hold back the sentiment I had in my heart for them because at the time, we were all as a whole, dealing with an unexplainable situation. I needed them to know that even hardship couldn’t pull us apart because we’d already put in the work to be friends.
My Journey, My Story 