24 Hour Love Challenge

"Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire."

---Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Valentines Day is coming up in a few weeks and I couldn't be more excited! I love "decking the halls" with red and pink hearts, making heart-shaped cookies and chocolate-dipped strawberries, sipping "love potions" with my husband and children, enjoying our annual Chinese take out Valentine dinner, and planning fun surprises for those I love.

However, I realize that there are many people who dread this time of year, and actually refer to Valentines Day as S.A.D.(Single Awareness Day).  I am here to tell you that this doesn't have to be the case!  

What if, rather than focusing purely on romantic relationships(or lack thereof), we each chose at least one 24-hour period to focus on infusing our minds, circumstances, environments, relationships, and even our dreams with pure, unconditional love?  What would happen?

Dr. Wayne Dyer gives us a beautiful answer. "What can you expect as you practice a few days of being total, unconditional love? If all of your meditations are devoted to love, and if you pour love into every single situation and every single person you meet, and beyond that to everyone on the planet and to the infinity of the universe, you will feel yourself becoming a different person. You will sleep more soundly. You will feel at peace virtually all the time. Your relationships will be more deeply spiritual. Most significantly, you will begin to see "coincidences" of your life with greater regularity. Your thought forms of unconditional love will begin to produce what you desire without your even being aware of how it is happening. Your dreams will be more intense, and the vision of your purpose will become clearer."1

The gift of agency is one of God's greatest gifts to His children, and the ability we each have to embrace any thoughts we desire is one of the most beautiful and powerful aspects of this gift. It is the nature of our thoughts to grow and expand. The more we practice thoughts of unconditional love, the more we will see both our inner and outer worlds transform. Begin the challenge today: 24 hours of thinking, acting, and radiating nothing but unconditional love. Ready, set, LOVE!

1. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Manifest Your Destiny, p.95