Welcome to Love Notes from Rhonda.

And today I want to talk about love and fear.

You know, all the spiritual greats, many philosophers, many authorities, experts have talked about, when it all comes down to it, everything gets down to fear or love.

Now you might be wondering, well then why do we use fear and freedom instead of love?

Well, this is what I know to be true.

In my desire to be the most loving person I could be.

Many times I acted out my love.

I saw love through the eyes of fear.

When I was giving so much, I thought that was loving, when in fact it was people pleasing.

When I was trying to love so much in every relationship and gave so much, it was actually because I was afraid they'd leave.

So, so many times in my life when I actually believe wholeheartedly that I was just trying to be loving, that love was actually twisted by my fear, by my wheel of fear.

So that's why in Fearless Living, we talk about fear and freedom instead of fear versus love.

Because we know love can be mutated.

Love can be twisted.

Love can be adjusted.

Love can be compromised by our wheel of fear.

Now, do I want you to choose love?

Yes, but on your wheel of freedom, not your will of fear.

So when you are sitting there asking yourself, well, I just want to be more loving or I'd like to give and receive more love, I want you to also include the question, well, is this desire to give and receive love coming from my wheel of fear or my will of freedom?

Knowing your wheel of fear and will of freedom in and of itself is going to set you free because everything will make sense.

All of those loving moments that you tried to give and receive, that didn't work out in your favor, that actually felt not very good, felt uncomfortable, just made you compromise yourself.

Didn't feel genuine, didn't feel unconditional.

We're probably all driven by a wheel of fear.

So the more that you embrace your essential nature, the more that you can see your trigger, the more they will not fool you.

And you'll be able to live more and more on your wheel of freedom.

And when you're living on your wheel of freedom, you are naturally more authentically loving.

Not from a fear place, but from a freedom place.

And you want to know one of the criterias for that?

Love is that you include love for yourself.

You include yourself in your decisions.

You love you as well.

There is no decision that does not honor and include you.

So in this month of love, I invite you to start understanding, discerning love from fear and love from freedom.

Choose your path.

Claim your essential nature and start experiencing the love that is all around you.

Because you, my friend, are love itself.

Until next time, be fearless.

I love you.