As I read through my notes from “The Happiness Project” this
quote jumped out at me.
“There is no love; there are only proofs of love.
Whatever love I might feel in my heart,
others will see only my actions.”
-Pierre Reverdy
It is so important to align our actions with our
feelings. That is the only way others
will truly understand how we feel. Our inner
feelings must be translated outwardly through our interactions with others and
the way we choose to conduct ourselves in our day to day lives.
Throughout my lifetime I have looked into people’s eyes and
listened to them pour there heart out, or at least what they claimed was in
their heart, only to turn around and act in a way that clearly conflicted with
their words.
This leaves me with many questions. Does that person love me? Does that person just say they love me? What do their actions say about how they feel? These are hard questions to
answer.
Alignment is key to our happiness. We must align our life with our faith, morals and values. We must align our
actions with our feelings. To be
misaligned hurts others, especially the ones you love. But more importantly it hurts yourself, because if you can’t be true to yourself you will never be true to someone else, and you will rob yourself of the deepest, truest emotions and connections.
I wrote a post, "To Thine Own Self Be True", which is the
foundation of being true to others. I
will do my best to make sure the ones I love know just how much. I will hope that the ones that love me show me just how much.
As you live your life, think about the fact that nobody else can truly know how you feel, unless you show them. Shape your actions, interactions, and words around your heart.
Much Love,
Megan
