The first time I met Self-Love

My heart was broken, and I asked, “Why did you betray me?”

And Self-Love replied, “It was not I who betrayed you, but your own forgotten worth. I am incapable of betrayal.”

The second time I met Self-Love

My spirit felt crushed, and I asked, “Why did you hurt me?”

And Self-Love replied, “It was not I who hurt you, but the weight of lessons unlearned. I am incapable of causing pain— I only reveal the places still in need of healing.”

The third time I met Self-Love

My energy was drained, and I asked, “Why did you leave me empty?”

And Self-Love replied, “It was your giving without boundaries, your forgetting to receive. I am the well that never dries when you drink first of your own waters.”

The fourth time I met Self-Love

My being felt alone, and I asked “Why did you abandon me?”

And Self-Love replied, “I have always lived within you. It was your eyes turned outward that forgot to gaze inward.”

The ninth time I met Self-Love

I felt a profound release, a surrender into wholeness.

And I asked, “What is left for me now?”

And Self-Love replied, “Now you live within the beauty of service, rooted in Mother Nature, woven with all living beings. You are no longer searching for me. You are my expression, my eternal flame, my rainbow bridge between heaven and earth.”