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ARTICLES (INSPIRATIONAL GIFTS OF LOVE)
& MUSINGS
A DATE WITH ME
by Deidre Madsen
I AM courting myself.
I AM counting the days til that special time where I meet myself on the plane of truth; see Me for who I AM.
In approximately three hours I will be in the company of Me.
I prepare for this special time by imagining the moment of joyful re-membering of who I AM.
My thoughts turn to how to go about spending time with Me. How will I be? Will I be funny? Will I be a pleasure to be with? Will I be filled with love and joy? Will I be all I ever dreamed I'd be?
These are things I had kicked around in my mind for days, preparing for my special date. I had heard about falling in love with the inner self, or the inner child. I had experienced meeting my inner child before in meditations and loving that darling little blond girl with those big blue eyes. I had experienced all she would experience in the years to come and felt a sad sort of pity for her. I knew what she was about to embark upon in her life and I wanted to warn her, to tell her of dangers and pitfalls in her life to come. All I could find myself capable of doing was holding her in my arms, telling her I loved her and would protect her always. It was a powerful meditation.
 Now I am faced once again with the knowing: I am embarking upon another kind of coming together.
One of my favorite authors, Sark, wrote in one of her books, Succulent Wild Women, when after she'd been dating another guy her girlfriend came up to her and asked her, "Sark, when are you going to stop this and be with YOU?" This took Sark by surprise and gave her the chance to really ask that question inside. So, she decided to do something about it and married herself. She actually bought a ring and some beautiful flowers, and went out to the ocean's shoreline one gorgeous day and married herself, there and then. She promised to honor, cherish and love herself ... she recited those sacred vows of couples around the world.
After discovering this exciting way of looking at self-love through Sark's writings, I decided I had to face my own truth. So, one of the things I chose was to date myself and experience what it was like to be with me.
So here I am preparing for my date with Me. How happy I am to be in this place within my soul; this comfortable loving place. I've put on a beautiful long satin pale pink princess gown and adorned myself lovingly with essential oils, soft lipstick and crystal jewelry. I felt like a queen and looked like one.
I walked out into the big living space of my home, stoked up the massive stone fireplace, lit candles all through the house, and put on my favorite dance music.
I danced and danced with myself, flying around the house barefoot in this pink gown, enjoying the flow of the satin against my body, elated by my body's physical movement to the music; candles flickering as I whisked by, joy soaring in my heart.
It was there ...
... in those moments I realized how wonderful I really was ... AM!
I fell head over heals in love with myself in that moment.
I see now why Sark married herself. She understood, as do many women more and more, how important it is to honor and love yourself fully.
What a special time that was for me!
And, it doesn't have to stop there. Today being married to my wonderful Twin Ray, Michael, I still find it important to take time for Me. Spend alone time with myself and give myself the nurturing only I can give myself. For I know myself more than anyone on Earth. I have to love myself as if there was no one else to love me.
Now, I know what you are thinking ... no of course I understand that there is at least one more being who can love me as much as I do ... yes, our Creator/God/All That Is ... who is now looking at me from within, and smiling for there in that moment of dancing bliss, did I realize how much I AM love and loved.
It is a great and wise person who learns to love,
be the lover, and the exuberant love itself.
Loving Love for the experience and sake of Love ... Com-passion-ate Loving! Love love. No that is not a mistake ... Love love. That is a complete sentence with an action word and a noun following. Love love.
Or we can add Love to the end of it as if I were calling you an endearing nickname ... "Love" or "Luv."
(Not to be glib, but I do like to experiment from time to time with the magick and rhythm of words.)
Love is a Thing ... An existing, touch, feel, smell, hear experience within one's self.
You, as I have, can experience love's many facets within you, too. Take time out to plan a special outing with yourself. Pack up a beautiful picnic for just You, take a special book to read or a lovely basket and go out into the woods with your picnic, gather flowers, special leaves, herbs or edible mushrooms. The gifts you receive from Mother Earth/Gaia add to your special time and the time of self honoring reflects back to our dearest Mother Earth, who gives each of us amazing support, nurturing, and love.
I support everyone, especially women during these interesting earth changing times, on their own spiritual journeys. Saying to you, "Go ... fall in love with You. Experience the beautiful one that You are."
Joyfully and Lovingly,
Deidre Madsen
'tween's author
 Deidre Madsen, O.M. ~ Imagery Consultant, Author, Lecturer, Life Coach and Psi-Specialist. As a tenured Imagery Consultant Deidre works body, mind and spirit whole-brained holistic retreats and sessions with clients worldwide. She is host of her own internet radio program "Lightworker's Corner" on BlogTalkRadio to assist in opening to your spirit-supra-consciousness. Shangri-La Sedona Soul Spa Bath & Beauty Essentials is Deidre's latest project, a beautiful line of meta-spiritual bath and beauty products incorporating crystals and flower elixirs, oils, and conscious healing waters, where eastern philosophy meets western. And, her self-help book "Everyday Enlightenment" is soon to be published. BIOGRAPHY :: EMAIL
ORDS FROM 'TWEEN
Can you understand why it is important to be in love with yourself ... not from a vain narcissistic perspective but from a 'love thyself' perspective. Too many people are afraid of the concept of falling in love with themselves, fearing others' judgment (uneducated tho they may be). I, myself, feel we as human be-ings cannot love ourselves enough. Dear Reader, it is o-k-a-y to fall truly, madly, deeply in love with YOU!
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