Many people make the ultimate declaration of love through a form of a vow. Similar to the one you just read.
I believe with proper intent a vow is quite powerful. It’s a form of an affirmation, a statement of truth and certainty.
I also love the “for better for worse, richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” part. In my opinion the most important part.
However, how come we don’t remember to apply this to ourselves?
How often do we LOVE and truly show GRATITUDE for ourselves when we aren’t at the top of our game? When was the last time you LOVED what you didn’t do well. Or perhaps when you were not physically well, or not as successful as you would like to be, not as healthy as you wish you were.
I know I had to remind myself of that recently.
To love myself and be grateful even when I get in MY own way.
A journey of self (spiritual)-development while being driven to reach your ultimate potential in order to see what is really possible is by no means a boring trip!
However, since we are all here to grow and learn there seems to be 2 types of paths many of us could be categorized under:
One-Sided Path:
This direction is striving for only good, perfection or some other form of “positive high”. To make everything better and remove, or rid the world, self, etc of any flaws, faults or “negativity”.
The benefit to this path is that it is very appealing. It is easy and it has some wonderful “highs”.
Unfortunately this path is totally unbalanced, unrealistic and impossible to permanently maintain since it goes against nature, which is that there are both sides that are always equal and opposite yet complimentary, a.k.a:
yin/yang, dark/light, or +/- . Which also means that the “lows” are quite low and there are many people that are not willing to give up this way of living
Balanced Path:
The other path is of yielding to Loving both sides: the positive the negative: or as I guess the “for better for worse, richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” part.
This direction is all about Balancing creative with logic, nurturing ones own internal self with the ample attention and focus to what’s going on in the world around. Can you find peace and harmony even during times of what appears as chaos?
Either path will not be easy as both have their challenges, however it seems that one causes more suffering and separation rather then balance and integration.
Be honest,
Which path are you on?
Which would path would you like to be on?
What are the vows you pledge to yourself?
Arohanui,
Andrea
