Happy Valentine's Day

Showing Up Big In Relationships

On this bright Valentine's Day, it's time to take a few moments to reflect on love, and the immense power of love to make a difference in people's lives.

Sure, the holiday has become commercial to the point of retching-but think about what the day really means. Valentine's Day is one of the last tributes to that oft-challenged but still viable institution - the committed relationship. Yes, it's possible to select from out of the morass of humanity, one individual who will be your partner on life's path, through thick and thin, in good times and bad, no matter what.

The key to making a fulfilling relationship is nothing more complicated than showing up as the ideal mate of the partner of your dreams! Through a poorly understood, but no less real and predictable phenomenon, you will find that you can attract satisfying and meaningful relationships when you genuinely act and behave as the person who would have such a relationship!

If you want a loving relationship, show up as loving. If it's adventure you desire, start being adventurous, right now! If it's romance you're after, start thinking, dreaming, acting as a romantic would, so that your vibrations start to resonate with those around you of like kind.

Though this might seem esoteric, it is very practical. By putting out the message, not only through conversation, but by really becoming the person who would attract the relationship you desire, and being consistent in your patterns, you will greatly enhance the likelihood that your potential mates will notice and gravitate toward you. By the way, this is true not only with spousal relationships but all relationships.

It has never worked to say, "Give me heat and I'll give you wood."-when you become and consistently show up as the person you can be at your best, you will dramatically alter your experience by attracting the people, events and circumstances that befit that version of you.

And for those of you who are fortunate enough to have a significant other, nurture that relationship with gratitude, passion and unconditional love, and seek to support that individual in his or her growth and development, and to allow the same in return. For those who have not yet found the mate of their dreams, keep the faith, for there is certainly hope.

Take responsibility, and be the best you possible-it will transform your relationships, and your life!