🌸 Reflections from My Mom’s Journals, Post #14
Love Is a Verb — It Does.
“Love is never stationary. In the end, love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it. Simply put: LOVE DOES.”
— Bob Goff
Love is dynamic. It requires movement.
It’s not meant to be static or kept locked inside—it needs to be expressed, shared, and given away.
It’s not enough to think about love or make plans to show it. Love must be put into action.
It’s an action verb.
Love means taking risks to help and support others.
It means showing up for people in their darkest moments.
It means choosing to act in the best interest of others—even when it’s inconvenient and even when no one else is watching.
Believe Them.
When people show you they don’t care—believe them.
When I was little, I’d sometimes come home in tears because someone called me a name or committed whatever the five-year-old "crime of the day" was. My mom would calmly say:
“Carrie, you know they always do that. So why are you crying about it again? You already know—based on their history—that this is the kind of thing they do. Just forgive them, move on, and avoid them in the future.”
So many parents rush to rescue their kids, trying to make right every wrong. But I’m grateful that I had a mom who taught me early on:
Don’t keep squeezing an orange and expect grape juice.
People are who they are. And it’s our responsibility to recognize that—and protect ourselves.
I lived that truth well as a child. But oh, how I forgot it as an adult. Relearning it was hard. At 52, I’m finally remembering—and healing.
There were roughly 22 years of self-doubt and emotional pain—most of it self-imposed—because I believed the lies of people who did not have my best interests at heart. What a waste!
If only I had remembered:
People are who they are.
Just forgive and walk away.
And in some cases?
Run.
💋✨Until next time...keep loving & living your best life!
Wishing you Love, Light & Sparkles!
🌸 Carrie
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