Love...Overused??

This past weekend, I had a passing conversation with two people. They both expressed their feelings about using the word ‘love’ too much. They said it can become cliché and simply over-used. It got me to thinking about why I tell the people that I love “I love you” often.

Over the last few years, my life has been a slight roller coaster. I guess it started when many years prior when I was in an abusive relationship with a person that would take sucker punches at me when my back was turned or while I was sleeping. My conversations with God became extremely personal as I begged for a way out of this situation. The only way I can describe my desperation at that time would be to refer to the movie Eat Pray Love. The moment when Liz (played by Julia Roberts) gets on her knees and pours her heart out. One of the reflective phrases during that pray was “God… I am in serious trouble…” Those are the moments when you feel trapped, spiritually impoverished and hopeless.

During that time period in my life, I turned to my faith and gathered the strength to outwit this person out of my life. Shortly after that, I discovered the cancer that changed my life yet again. Prior to all of this, I lost the person in my life that meant the world to me. My grandmother. She was the only person that I knew 100% loved me for everything I was, am and going to be. This was a devastating loss because I felt there will never be another to love me like that.

This is not a ‘sad’ blog. This is blissful blog. During each one of these less than perfect situations, I had something in my life that was consistent. I had love. Love from my best friend Melanie. Love from other people in my life. Love coming from God. Love coming from myself to myself. This love being on consistent in my life, I cant help but to use it often.

I also think about how if I left this earth right now at this very moment, would the people in my life know that I love them. Did they not only hear it come from my voice, did they hear it come from my heart? God I hope so. :-)

I make no apologies. :-)