“True North” Love

As I’ve grown older, I’ve come to look at love differently. Maybe I should say, I’ve come to know love more fully. One cannot go through life without having their love tested. Through tragedy, joy, spirituality, relationships of all types – our relationships with pets are very important to include here – all of these test our love, refining and deepening it.

Lately I’ve been observing people in my life living love like the True North star. Honestly it’s the only way I can explain the beauty of this kind of love in action. I am always humbled by it.

Maybe it’s because I’m captivated by the vastness of space: galaxies, stars, planets, nebulas and novas all inexplicable, all ever constant through our experience of time. Whatever the inspiration is for my understanding, here’s the thing: True North love is constant. It shows up. It’s dependable, you can count on it. In the darkest night, it shines so brightly that you can navigate your way.

I’m blessed. I experience it by watching the people in my life. I have been given the gift of True North love countless times throughout the years. I’m blessed to be capable of being that kind of love, too. I made no mistake in my wording just now: we are love. We do love. We are love, as a noun. We are love, as a verb.

Today, you will have the opportunity to show up as True North love. Be the brightest star in the night sky for those around you. Live your truth: you are a North Star. Know the truth: the North Star is there for you, silent in your night sky, waiting for your gaze, loving you as you travel in the dark.