Carry On, Lover of Souls

Just over a month into the new year.........I'm still seeing the hearts around me post of power building in their souls, their businesses, their lives. It has not been a fleeting desire, thankfully.

Love. Love greater than before. Listen between the lines deeper than times past. See those around you in ways they have never seen themselves before.

It is a tragedy in this day to be a mediocre lover of souls. Pain is real. The risks people are taking are higher than before. People are, for some reason in this day, more willing to dive in to things they've never tried than before.

Be the cheerleader someone has never had, or had lately. Be as passionate about their success as they are at achieving their goals and dreams.

Watch them close enough to read between the lines, to see the fears they don't want to admit exists - or mention in passing - and speak life into them there. Silence the voices that keep holding them back or want to cut them into pieces - many times it originates in their own doubts and one person believing in them can refresh their dreams and passions.

See who they forget they are to be, and remind them those dreams and desires they have for themselves still exists and will emerge.

Be the one they know beyond all others will be there when needed.

When life kicks them down offer a hand up.

When they forget who they are, restore their vision.

When no one else believes in their crazy dreams, be the one that does, and keeps them focused on their end goals.

But this comes at a price. You have to be your own greatest cheerleader and driving force to be able to give this to others. You give this only from the place you are rock-solid and unshakable in yourself.

And to do that, you have to block all the negative out. You have to keep your circle tight enough that when no one has your back, when no one sees what you see in yourself - you continue to drive yourself forward, never looking back.

It comes with a life in isolation - where a few souls will pass through and be an edifier and a passionate partner in crime for a while - but many times those are seasons that are short and end and another cycle of being alone is called for.

But understanding the value in the isolation makes you better at being the bolder lover of souls. You know the pain of walking alone. You know the weight it is to be the lead driver in your own success - with no celebrations of the milestones you achieve to be seen.

Although it becomes a normal for you, to celebrate others when they thought no one knew there was something to celebrate can be a humbling experience that goes farther to let someone know they are loved than little else can.

But, you quietly carry on, knowing that the passion's fire can keep you going for years - so long as you don't have voices around you trying to derail you.

It is a tragedy to not share that love with others. What may be like the largest marching band sound to them in the way you love them can be kept silent away from the world. Nearly every time it is better that way. But to the receiving soul, you do not love quietly. And that is the miracle.

Be the miracle in the lives around you. Words, time, energy, money, any combination of them - be the miracle to those around you.

They may have no idea how to read you. They may look at you strangely for a while. But to a heart that has felt security in status quo, in the way others see them and love them in a passive way, it will bristle. Great manipulators work hearts that way, too. You cannot fault them for that caution.

But carry on being misunderstood. Carry on being a miracle of bold love to those around you because this kind of friendship expects nothing in return - which is equally mind-bending to many. Carry on when all you can give us a hug or a word.

Carry on, always. Your sincerity will eventually be proven true.

Carry on, great lover of souls. Carry on.

©Kristen Garcia 01-2020