Don’t Give Up On Love

Dear Ami,
Its folly to deny the conspicuous reality of hurt in our world. To say pain is an illusion. To say, “I’ve never been hurt.” True, you may have never experience hurt but that doesn’t mean your neighbor next door haven’t neither has someone close to you. And if life is truly about relationship; connecting with one another, then there’s no way you wouldn’t be empathetic or sympathetic towards them in their pain.

We all in one way or the other have been hurt and denying it doesn’t make us strong. No, it doesn’t! Pain is met to be felt for a time because like everyday under the beautiful sky, it will pass. Healing will come. Like the sun rising in the east, it will shine in our heart taking away all pain. It is however sad that too many people stop at pain, carrying it as a brand not allowing room for healing.

So what is my point? Am I here to throw your pain to your face? No, but to make known to you that which is more glaring—Love.

Yes, there’s hurt all over the world. Yes, someone somewhere had his/her heart broken yesterday and someone is already hurting in an abusive relationship in between opting out or staying put (with the hope that things will get better some day). Yes, someone is in love but the fear from the experience shared by a friend is making it hard to give in.

Yes, there’s hurt in our world. But guess what else is in the world? Love! Love bearing healing, casting out all fear and crashing the chatterbox in our mind filled with fear and insecurity. Love teaching us to let our guards down and trust again. My dear Ami, don’t give up on love. You can’t live without it —nobody can.

Yours always,
La Joya.

Truly Free People Free Others

Dear Ami,
I once sent you a text with these words, “truly free people free others.” And if you remember, I sent it immediately after you called to tell me the girl you’ve been wooing just agreed to be your girlfriend. Anyways, why am I bringing this to your remembrance? I bumped into your lady at the mall and she looked quite pale and knackered. I offered to buy her lunch and we had a little chat(It veered towards your relationship with her).

While I don’t know what to say to you, I’ll leave you with these words from Mick Mooney, ”the people in your life are not waiting for your instructions on how they can/should change to be more like you want them to be. They are waiting for your love to reach out and touch them so that love, without words, can encourage their hearts to be courageous, to be exactly who they truly already are. When we give those around us the assurance that we are not judging them or expecting them to be someone they are not, it is then they find the space, freedom and divine power within them to shine as the beautiful person they already are.”

Please write me as soon as you get this letter.

Yours always,
La Joya.