Love Oracle 42: Remembering You

There are times when life gets so loud that you lose touch with the quiet knowing at your centre. You may forget what brings you joy, what makes your heart feel alive, or simply who you are beneath everything you’ve been carrying.

But that deeper part of you is still there.

Today, before you look at the three paintings, ask your heart what it needs to hear.

Then look at the paintings and notice which one draws you in. Trust the one that catches your eye, stirs something in you, or makes you want to linger.

You don’t need to know why.

Your heart may know exactly where to lead you. Once you’ve chosen your painting for the day, scroll down to read its message.

Dear Beloved,

Don’t let uncertainty convince you that there’s nothing beautiful ahead.

You may not be able to see what’s coming. You may be waiting for an answer, standing at a crossroads, or moving through a chapter where you simply don’t know what happens next.

You don’t need to know.

Let yourself remain open to possibility.

There are gifts you cannot yet see. There are moments of beauty you haven’t experienced. There are people, places, opportunities and unexpected turns that haven’t entered your life yet.

And there is still so much goodness available to you right where you are.

Look for the signs.

Notice what makes you smile. Notice the moments that soften your heart. Notice the unexpected kindness, the perfect song, the beautiful sky, the bird that appears at just the right moment.

These aren’t insignificant.

Let them remind you that life is still speaking to you.

Hope doesn’t require you to know how everything will work out. It simply asks you to leave the door open.

So leave it open.

Let your heart believe in possibility again.

There is more ahead than you can see. Keep your heart open. Hope is already finding its way to you.

* Painting: Hope’s Herald (12″ x 24″)  – Full blog post here
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Dear Beloved,

You’ve been looking outside yourself for answers that may be waiting quietly within.

You may be searching for direction, reassurance, belonging or some indication that you’re on the right path.

Pause.

Be still.

Come home to yourself.

Beneath all the noise, beneath the expectations and the identities you’ve gathered along the way, there is something within you that has never been lost.

You are still connected to the Source from which you came.

You haven’t been abandoned. You haven’t wandered so far that you can’t find your way back.

You may simply need to become quiet enough to remember.

Let yourself return to the places that bring you into stillness. A quiet morning. Nature. Meditation. Prayer. Music. Beauty. Whatever opens a space within you where you can hear something deeper than the constant chatter of the world.

You don’t have to become more worthy.

You don’t have to prove anything.

You don’t have to find some perfect version of yourself.

You only have to remember.

You are already held within something greater than your individual circumstances.

And when you remember that, you may begin to remember yourself, too.

Come home to the truth of who you are. What you’ve been seeking isn’t as far away as you thought.

* A Return to Source (24″ x 36″) – Full blog post here
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Dear Beloved,

Sometimes joy can feel like something to look forward to — something that will have more room to breathe when life settles down, when the uncertainty passes, or when there’s finally more time.

But what if there’s room for a little more joy right now?

Let yourself notice what lifts your spirit.

Follow the impulse to laugh. To dance. To play. To create. To spend time with someone who makes you feel more like yourself. To sit in the sunshine simply because it feels good.

You don’t have to earn these moments.

You don’t have to explain them.

And you don’t have to feel guilty for experiencing joy while other parts of life may still be difficult.

Joy isn’t a denial of what’s hard.

It’s a remembering that what’s hard isn’t all there is.

There is still beauty.

There is still wonder.

There is still life moving through you.

Let it.

You don’t need to force joy into existence. Make space for it and allow it to rise from within you.

Let it fill you.

Let it overflow.

Let it remind you of yourself.

Joy doesn’t have to wait for everything to be resolved. Let yourself receive it, feel it and allow it to flow through you now.

* Fountain of Joy 16″ × 20″ – Full blog post here.
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