Love Always Wins

Everything you own should have value, either because it's functional or beautiful or you just love it. Peter Walsh

What an interesting question -- to look at what clutters my office, my home, my life and ask, "What value does this bring to my life? Is it functional, beautiful, or do I simply love it for no reason other than it fills me with joy, peace, gentleness...?"

As I prepare to shift my world the value of the objects and things in my life take on added meaning. Big shifts are in the winds. Big changes are a'comin'.

We are preparing to sell our home. 

I am readying myself to move cities.

There, I've said it.

It's official.

I am moving.

C.C., my beloved has been living in Saskatoon for the past year. His intent was to move his head office back here to Calgary sooner, rather than later, but, his success and busy-ness in Saskatoon has made it a challenge to even think about relocating head office at this time. 

And so, after much discussion, pondering, weighing of options, ideas and alternatives we have decided to relocate our home to Saskatoon.

A big move. A big change. A big difference.

A big adventure.

I am excited. Nervous. Scared. Uneasy. And, filled with anticipation.

I have no idea what the future will bring -- I do know that in this moment, I am willing and able to make this move because...

Love always wins.

And Love is what I value most in my life.

Being apart has been part of the adventure of our relationship. Being apart has held value for both of us. It has helped us understand the importance of our relationship. It has deepened our commitment to being together. It has given rise for us to find new and meaningful ways to deepen intimacy, to treasure moments spent together, to invest in 'we' time everyday.

It has not been easy this past year. 

It has not been hard.

It has been what it is -- a time when our living arrangements shifted, when we both shifted how we communicate, how we connect, how we are -- as partners and lovers. As two people in a committed relationship sharing distance and time together.

I am moving and in the move I will take with me the things I value most -- those tangible effects of my life that add value -- stripping away the clutter that consumes space, I shall divest myself of the unnecessary to carry only that which is necessary for me to be surrounded by the things I love most in life.

Yet, it is not the things that make my life so rich. It is the people I hold dear. The people who fill my heart and my world with such love and joy my heart is always breaking open in love. And while in the moving I shall be physically moving away from the people I love most in the world I know we shall never be apart because I carry them always in my heart.

And as C.C. reminds me, "They are only an hour's flight away."

Big changes are a'happenin'. And I am valuing the time to reflect, to divest and to connect with what I value most in my life -- the people who add such richness and joy and love to my world.

And in the continuing adventure of my life, I carry with me the richness of my world in the people who fill my heart with love with every breath I take.

I'm moving cities and in my heart I know, no matter where I am, Love always wins.