For the last week or so, I have had Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" running through my head on a loop. I wake up with it in my head, I find myself singing it under my breath and I have even had dreams about Whitney Houston. Not that I am complaining, I love her and it's a great song. However, when something like that keeps showing up over and over in my life, I know that there is a deeper message within.
So yesterday I found myself listening to the song again and was laughing to myself wondering what is it that Source is trying to tell me? I mean it's been nonstop with this song!! I spontaneously had the thought that "she is singing this song to herself". With that perspective in mind, I finally sat down and really listened to the song and found myself really overcome with emotion when I heard the lyrics as if for the first time.
There are SO many lines in the lyrics that sound like a plea for love. For self love.
I don't really need to look very much further
I don't wanna have to go where you don't follow
I won't hold it back again, this passion inside
Can't run from myself
There's nowhere to hide
Don't make me close one more door
I don't wanna hurt anymore
Stay in my arms if you dare
Or must I imagine you there
Don't walk away from me...
I have nothing, nothing, nothing
If I don't have you, you, you, you, you.
You see through right to the heart of me
You break down my walls with the strength of your love
I never knew love like I've known it with you
Will a memory survive, one I can hold on to
Whitney Houston was a bright, shining star. When she started to unravel in front of the world's eyes and when she passed, so many people wondered how could someone as talented as she was, who seemingly had everything go down such a dark road?
I believe that aside from the gift of her music, she came to teach us something. The most important thing we can do for the world, for our family and friends and for ourselves is to love ourselves first. To build our lives on the foundation of self love first puts us in a place to be of authentic value to others. When we take the time to nurture and care for ourselves first, then we are able to share that same level of care and love for others. Without this solid foundation of self love, we aren't able to operate from our highest good. Because really, if we can't love ourselves, if we don't love ourselves...then we really don't have much of anything.
So let's love ourselves, care for ourselves, embrace ourselves wholly in the way that we would want to be embraced. Then we can move forward and share that experience with the people in our lives who need it too.
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