Love Is In The Air

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Do you remember the feeling of being in love, the first kiss, the first smile, the first touch? Well if you can remember it why not recreate it. Valentines is almost here, what about sharing some love with those that surround, give a little heart felt emotion to make you feel happy in return.
Love is an emotion that never goes away So many of us love someone that is no longer in our lives. Perhaps it is time to bring that love to the front of your heart and feel it again, or it is time to let it go and be ready for a new love.
I love this time of year. We are happy when we know the one we love is near, but for those who have lost their loved one, is it as wonderful of a time? Well maybe it can be. The love you have for that person is not gone - live in it, rejoice in it, feel and embrace it.

Love is a place that keeps us safe, happy and at peace with ourselves. Do you love yourself? I do. I love my mind, body and spirit and not only at this time of year but all year round. I remind myself of the gift of love.
When I was a child I had many people in my area that seemed to be alone and without love. I thought it was my job to bring them love, so I would spend time being with them, caring for them, even cleaning their houses. I learned to feel what love was as a child from these people. They taught me unconditional acceptance of love. You can give this love to someone as well. To someone who has no one to love them. The elderly often have no one there to talk to them, to care for them, or to just hold their hand and feel their warmth. I love giving this love to them.

This year for valentines, instead of wasting our money on candy and flowers how about we waste our money on some gas in our cars and go visit someone we love, or who needs our love. That is no waste at all.
I am aware that love is mine to share or to keep; I do not need to give it to anyone, only if I want to. Are you also aware of your love, the gift that is yours? If there was a love that hurt you in your lifetime, forgive it by taking back the feeling of love you gave away. Reassume that love; call it back to your heart, see yourself full of the love you gave away and forgive the one that hurt you as you take the feeling back.
Forgiveness means you cannot go back and change the past, but you accept that the experience has taught you valuable lessons Love is a wonderful lesson to learn, even if you lose it.

The Forgiving Aspect of Love
Another implication of the imitation of Christ is the idea of forgiveness. Jesus emphasized the need to forgive others (Mt. 6:14,15; 18:21-35). Therefore, bitterness, remembering of wrongs and retributive acts are excluded from our understanding of authentic biblical love (I Cor. 13:5; Eph. 4:32).
God's insistence that we forgive others is based on the fact that he has forgiven us, and just as his forgiveness covers all sin, our forgiveness has to be complete and without exception (Col. 3:13 "Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you."). Therefore, Christians who relate to God on the basis of his forgiveness, while at the same time insisting on the right to refuse forgiveness to others, are fundamentally hypocritical. Stated positively, the recognition of our own sins and the depth of God's forgiveness provides motivation to voluntarily forgive others.

Unresolved anger and resentments involving current or past wrongs can be highly disruptive to relationships. Resentment and hate are terrifically draining emotionally, and these are sure to follow when we fail to forgive from the heart. The depression and hostility resulting from lack of forgiveness can manifest itself in other relationships as well as in our functional lives, rendering us unable to complete demanding tasks and reducing our reliability.

A child's love is the most precious; it is one that is innocent and pure without motive. Love your inner child; all the children in your life and be at peace with the love that is yours to share or to keep. If you give that inner self a chance to embrace his/her inner child with love you will be free to love yourself without motive, without guilt and without fear. So love.

Heart smart eating, here a two of my favorite gluten free recipes, lets take care of our bodies

Salmon Frittata

Easy and convenient with canned salmon or tuna and frozen corn kernels.
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 onion, chopped fine
185g (6oz) can salmon
440g (14oz) frozen corn kernels
2 large fresh tomatoes, chopped
1 capsicum (bell pepper) chopped
freshly ground black pepper and salt
several sprigs fresh mint or basil, chopped
4 eggs
Directions:
In a heavy fry pan, heat the olive oil and cook the chopped onion till it softens. Add the corn, salmon (drained), chopped tomatoes and chopped peppers. Stir to combine but don't be too vigorous, you don't want the salmon mashed -- try to keep it in small pieces. Sprinkle with pepper, salt and chopped mint.
In a separate bowl beat the eggs lightly and pour over the mixture.
Cook at very low heat until the eggs are cooked, which will be about 12 minutes.

Serve with fresh green salad.

Ham & Pea Soup

Fresh mint gives this soup a different flare.
Ingredients:
1 ham hock
1 packet of split peas, green or yellow (3 cups or 700 ml)
12 cups Water
1 onion, chopped
3 carrots peeled and sliced into coins
12 whole cloves
2 teaspoons pickling spice
1 teaspoon marjoram
1 teaspoon fresh mint, chopped (optional)
Directions:
Place hock in crock pot, or a large soup pot.
Add split peas,
Cover with water, add peas, chopped onion and carrots. Add spice and herbs. Cook gently all day until the meat falls off the bone. Discard bone, fat and. Chop meat and return it to the soup. Serve with hot buttered toast (made with gluten-free bread from a health food shop if you don't have your own).