Is Love Letting Go of Fear?

In his best selling book written in the 1970's Jerry Jampolsky maintains that we are either connecting with love or protecting ourselves with fear. He worked with hundreds of individuals who shared that their anger and resentments had blocked them from connecting with loved ones. Lacking forgiveness, people emotionally dissipated into a state of unhappiness. By continually forgiving, maintains Jampolsky, we are putting ourselves in a state of willingness to let go of worry about others' hurtful comments, for example, and focus instead on making ourselves happy.

There are so many ways to fumble a relationship.

We can get too judgy, or we can be too focused on ourselves and not seeing what the other person is asking for. We can let a refusal of an invitation be a complete rejection. We can project negativity when it has nothing to do with us.

Love is such a good attitude. If I am sending love out, it usually is returned in wonderful ways.

Start by having an attitude of gratitude for the people who are in your life. Can you make it your goal to grow your love for people? Can you separate their faults from their illness or shortcomings? Some of these ideas have been tried. With time and practice, these attitudes have great results!