The colours and shades of love are seen through the eyes of the heart that is open to offering and receiving it.

When our hearts are filled with love we can expand out into the world trusting that love will meet us wherever we go.

When I lived in Victoria, British Columbia I walked and took public transportation everywhere. Sometimes, during my walk to the bus stop in my neighborhood I passed my neighbours or others walking in the opposite direction. Often we exchanged a smile or a greeting. There were times when we stopped and chatted for a moment or two. The smile on my face was mirrored back to me by the face of the other and when it was not I still smiled and sent an extra beam of love their way.

Some of the warmest and most memorable encounters I have had are with those who are unhoused, tired and weary from a life on the street. Still they manage a simple smile or make eye contact as we acknowledge each other’ presence in the world.

What is the colour of my love today?

It is bright emerald green. Rich and most like the emerald green hills of Ireland. If feel lucky today and blessed.

My mind wanders to the fjords of Norway – the place of my friend Nancy’s ancestry. The deep blue waters running through the emerald covered rock. What lays deep below the surface of the sapphire blue water – the dark trenches hidden away from sight? What is waiting on those lush green hillsides?

When I listen to Celine Dion sing “The Colour of My Love” I feel the tears welling up in my eyes and the ache of my heart breaking open and feeling all the romance of loves lived and lost. Am I ready to fall in love again? To take a chance, risk the possibility of loss, rejection or even acceptance and being loved back. I am living a different kind of love now. Not romantic love a broader more expansive love that surrounds, enfolds, protects, empowers and speaks through me as wisdom for I am part of that LOVE.

I once read a quote.

“A Goddess does not fall in Love

She Ascends to Love

She does not Stay in Love

She plays in Love.”

Today I am experiencing the colour of Emerald Green Love – the healing balm of it, the softness, the brightness, the sparkle – the natural beauty that it holds deep within my being. Today I am an Emerald!