Finding Love and Romance

It's safe to say pretty much everyone and their mothers are out to "find" love. It's also safe to say people generally enjoy romance, and we ladies tend to have an especially soft spot for romance. If you don't believe me just look at valentines day, or the film industry for a good example. Every movie I remember watching always includes some sort of love interest and slightly romantic angle regardless of the genre. The point is we love, love! However, the problem is, we often have the wrong idea of what love really is.

Our first limiting belief is that love has to be found. We always say we want to find love when the truth is love is everywhere and it doesn't need to be found because it isn't hiding! One of the main reasons we fail to see the love surrounding us is because of limiting belief #2..People are under the misconception that romance IS love, you can't have one without the other, and they both come in the form of a relationship with a partner. When the reality is you can have true love with no romance, beautiful romance that never turns into love, and you don't need a relationship for either.


When you say the word love most people will immediately think of a romantic relationship. I mean be honest what's the first image that comes to mind when you hear the word love?

For the longest time my idea of love was the image of a girl finding her soulmate. Love included flowers, romantic dinners, lots of flattery and a feeling of intimacy with my prince charming. In my mind if the romance wasn't there then surely the love couldn't be either. But Love is so much more than flowers and flattery, and romance can be seen in so many different areas of your life. Love and romance are much more than people give it credit for, and suprisingly enough they're also readily available, all you have to do is aknowledge it. Romance can be found in spending time with a friend, in working on a creative project, in pampering yourself, etc. The possibilities are endless because the true definition of romance isn't flowers, it's a spirit, or sentiment of beauty and affection. And love... love is felt not seen, it's anything that feeds your soul and heals your wounds. We try to keep love in a box by defining it with romantic illusions of what we think it should look like but there are no limits to love, only infinite freedom.

So stop trying to "find" love and romance, and just open your eyes to the all the love and romance goodness you already have in your life!

Much ♥

Rosi