Love

Someone asked in a chat room if anybody could define spirituality and connection to their Higher power in one word, what would it be. I remember love came up and that made me pause and think. How do I feel about my god? How would I define the spiritual connection? I think I my definition for the connection is love, unconditional love. I am loved and accepted by higher power even when I make bad choices. I am forgiven and supported by my god. When I first realized this, it was such a relief. I was able to forgive myself because I was loved and started to heal. I came to the realization that love is healing for me and those that have harmed me. And that if I treat people with unconditional love and forgiveness, I will help them heal also. So I tried it in my life. I watched someone treat another person unfairly and I said I love you but I don’t understand why you are hurting that other person. It immediately diffused the situation. I started saying I love you more often to the friends that I am grateful for in my life and I received it back. That one little word has so much power! I will continue to use love as a healing tool for myself. I hope people I give my love to will start to use it and feel it in their lives. Because I realize how much it helped me in my recovery and with my connection to my higher power.