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Welcome to Love Notes from Rhonda.

And today I want to share a little poem that just gives me a giggle every time I read it.

And it's from Rumi, one of my all time favorites.

And it's one that is, I don't think, very well known.

It's called the Relationship Booster.

And here it is.

Here is a relationship booster that is guaranteed to work every time your spouse or lover says something stupid, make your eyes light up as if you just heard something brilliant.

Here is a relationship booster that is guaranteed to work every time your spouse or lover says something stupid, make your eyes light up as if you just heard something brilliant.

Now that is seeing innocence.

That is practicing seeing the fearlessness, living and supporting someone on their wheel of freedom.

So what if you gave this gift to anyone you met, to everyone you meet, and most of all to you?

What if no matter what you said or thought that in the past, you thought was a mistake or stupid, you said, wow, that was a piece of my journey.

Wow, that was amazing that I did that in order for me to awaken.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Brilliant.

Amazing.

A miracle.

Here is a relationship booster that is guaranteed to work every time your spouse or lover says something stupid, make your eyes light up as if you just heard something brilliant.

I want you to imagine that's you in the mirror.

I want you to look at yourself in the mirror.

I do this every day by the way I look in the mirror every day when I'm.

Whether I'm putting my makeup on or not putting my makeup on, washing my face or whatever.

I always look at myself eyeball to eyeball and tell myself how beautiful I am and how courageous I am and how willing I am.

I claim for myself that beauty is who I am.

That light is what I'm made of.

What I know is true for me is also true for you.

What if every time you thought you said something stupid, dumb, crazy, instead you looked at yourself with amazement and said, that is me being me.

That is me being my brilliant self.

Because I will tell you, I say I talk about myself and I say I am the dumbest smart person I know.

I say the dumbest things sometime and I know that I have a level of intelligence.

I don't think I'm the smartest person in the room by any means.

I think I'm good and smart at the things I'm good at, smart at.

But I am not good and smart at a lot of things.

And I am the dumbest smart person I know.

And so I will ask.

And everybody who knows me knows this about me.

Any ask Marta, she'll tell you, I will say the dumbest things.

But you know what?

When I say the dumbest things now, I'm doing what I'm doing right now with you.

I laugh because I see my innocence.

I know I'm not purposely being dumb or I'm not dumb because I'm dumb.

I'm dumb because I'm ignorant, because I don't know what the answer is.

And I don't never been exposed to that.

And I don't know Marta.

And I always laugh because my mother died when I was 14.

I don't know some basic things that many people know that had a mother growing up.

I don't know some basic, simple, like medical things or just I had nobody to ask these questions to.

So many times Marta will be the person I turn to and be like, okay, could you tell me what this is about?

So, yeah, I can be dumb.

And I will look at myself in the mirror and say, wow, that was brilliant.

Seeing my innocence.

Seeing my innocence changes everything.

I invite you to practice seeing your innocence today and everyone that you meet.

Until next time, be fearless.

I love you, Sam.