Perhaps the phrase “falling in love” was never intended to be what we refer to it as. The term may actually possess the meaning of how we fall away from our own love and into another person. Or rather how we pour that love into another person and forgetting to return the action to ourselves. Eventually creating a sense of loss within ourselves, manifesting in resentment and tension.

We become so struck and enamored by the energy of a new relationship we begin to focus our self-love/practice into another heart, rather than our own. Now, this is not to say love cannot be shared, in fact totally opposite. The more we are mindful of this practice, the more we grow our personal love, which begins to overflow, leaving plenty for everyone around us.

A commitment to ones self-love practice is an art form, one worth creating and continuing to evolve. Sustaining loving relationships always starts within ourselves with a place of integrity, lacking attachment or ownership. As we are all here learning to fill our own cup, so it may overflow onto others.