Gracies Blog

When it comes to change, there are three paths to take; waiting for life to happen to you, making things happen, and turning around and wondering what happened. The first path lacks responsibility . The last path lacks intention. The middle path is the way to go.  It is for sure the road less traveled, but it’s also the highway to your highest purpose. The middle path is where the trail blazers head. When you don’t like the path laid out for you , and don’t like any of the other paths on offer, make your own . Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Leadership expert, Margaret Wheatley said, The future cannot be determined. It can only be experienced as it is occurring. Life doesn't know what it will be until it notices what it has become.

The face of love is variable. I am able to love without demanding that my relationships assume the structures and forms I might choose for them. My love is fluid, flexible, committed, creative. My love allows people and events to unfold as they need. My love is not controlling. It does not dictate or demand. My love allows those I love the freedom to assume the forms most true to them. I release all those I love from my preconceptions of their path. I allow them the dignity of self-definition while I offer them a constant love that is every variable in shape. Love has many manifestations, and it’s always evolving and growing. The ways you express love change and the places where you find love also grow and expand.  Sometimes loving someone will include helping them get what they want. Sometimes love will involve helping someone live with not getting what they want and being okay with that. Sometimes love is gentle and patient, and sometimes love takes initiative and surprises expect