Leading with Love

What a different world this would be if we all lead with love instead of fear.

Can you imagine what would happen if when someone challenged us we reached to try and understand why that person did what they did. Why they acted the way they did.  I have a story to share about this. This happened to my mother a few years ago.

Short tale
My mother was living in England at the time of this event. She was working in a little wine shop in Manchester.
My mother and her co-worker, Lynne were the only two working in the store that day. It was fairly slow and they were chatting behind the counter when a customer walked in. This lady Appeared to be almost lost, in a daze. Lynne asked her how she could help her. She had to ask her a few times before the customer responded at all. The lady had come in to buy cigarettes. The customer had to be coached through each step but eventually the transaction was completed and the lady left the store. From all accounts this person was, at the very least impaired. Once the customer left the store, Lynne made fun of the lady. She thought it was funny that someone of her obvious mental capacity should be allowed to be on their own. My mother was rather uncomfortable but said no more about it.
The next day my mother was working on her own and that same customer from the previous day came in. But this time she was pulled together. A completely different person to who she presented as the day before.  She bought another pack of cigarettes, apologized and went on to explain that the day before she had just found out that her brother had been brutally murdered prior to going into the store. She said she doesn't even remember how she got home. Maybe if Lynne had of tried to reach for an understanding then she might have been able to offer some assistance to this poor lady. Maybe called someone to come and pick her up instead of allowing her to drive in that state.

Love and Fear
There are only two emotions. Love and Fear. Everything we experience comes from one or the other. Think of it like a scale, the more love we feel the more connected we are to source. The more fear we feel the more disconnected we are. The more love you feel the closer you are to manifesting your every desire. The more fear you feel the further away you are. You can never be truly separated from source completely, but the more fear you feel the further you are away.

Fear
Every negative thought or emotion you feel comes from a place of fear. When someone is coming from a place of fear they are inviting negativity into their existence. The sole reason people experience lack or low self esteem or seek to harm someone or something else is because they are working from a fear base. If they were leading with love it would never occur to them to think or act in a negative manner.

Love
Every positive thought or emotion you feel comes from a place of love. When you feel love you are in alignment with your desires and when you are in alignment with your desires then the universe brings them to you.

State of Grace
We exists in a state of grace. If we choose to believe it or not we are living in the flow of pure unconditional love. This loving energy moves through us constantly. Regardless of what we are feeling or thinking. Regardless if we are working from love or from fear.

Leading with Love
Learning to lead with love first is like any other habit you establish. You have to keep it focused in your conscious mind until your subconscious mind is imprinted upon and makes it habitual.

Move in Increments
We can only move in increments along the scale. We can't go from say being a on a scale of 1 to 10, (1 being the most positive you can be and 10 the most negative) from say a 7 all the way to a 2. You have to move up the scale incrementally. It is possible to make that jump but only in an extreme circumstance. You can make that jump either up or down the scale.

I will leave you with this quote from Mother Teresa,

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.