Mother and Father

I now think of “mother” as a state of being, not limited by a formal or biological connection. I have a mother. And I also have a Mother, the sum of my mother, aunts, grandmothers, and more. A powerful force in the universe, a loving and nurturing maternal energy.

Some of those who grew up not feeling fully accepted and loved might have been surrounded by love, actually. Along with the mother, other loved ones nurtured, protected, accepted, and loved them as a collective maternal presence. More powerful and loving together than any individual mother can be.

If we didn’t realize that, we might have underappreciated a great fortune of our lives. Some of us might have even spent years feeling lacking, unworthy, incomplete, and rejected while being completely enveloped by love.

I now think of “father” similarly. A protective, loving force with a tender side. Tough and maybe almost impossible to be completely fulfilled by one person all the time. So, let us think about, and feel, the love from our father, uncles, grandfathers, other family and even friends, and consider the possibility that the fatherly, paternal protective force we needed might have always been there, and will always be.

And may be, just may be, WE can nurture, accept, and love ourselves with that warm material glow. We can also provide, protect and love ourselves with that tough and tender paternal energy. In that sense, we become a part of the love that completes ourselves, we literally become the love that starts our healing.

Thank you for reading. 🙂