Un-returned love is not wasted but flows back to soften and purify the heart of the lover

Love is an active and healthy concern for a person’s well-being; a desire to good for others. When we bestow love to someone, the acts and feeling of love flow from us to them. Nothing about the definition requires or even suggests that we will receive love as a reciprocal act. It’s not about us. It’s a bonus when we do receive love in return, either from the object of our love or someone else. The definition also offers some additional guidance. Our act of love should truly enhance a person’s well-being, should contribute to his or her physical, mental, spiritual growth; love should help but never enable.

Love is an eternal quality that flows from the divine source, to us, though us, and to another person. We can become an open conduit for this divine value. As we bestow it with wisdom—with no need or expectations—we receive beautiful gifts. This divine quality nurtures and refreshes our very being as it flows through us, softening and purifying our heart and soul, helping us to become the best version of our self.

Prayer: I pray that I may open my mind, heart and soul to receive the love so freely given from my spiritual source. Open my heart; let this beautiful quality flow outward from me to those in the most need of love. Help me bestow love with wisdom, expecting nothing in return; grant that I feel and express gratitude for any and all love that I receive this day.

Take three relaxing breaths; ask your inner spirit to guide your meditation; reflect on the content, pausing for a few minutes in silence.