This article is by Matt Hudson the founder of MITA, an International NLP trainer and the creator of Conversational Decoding.
Is Love Blind?
How can it be February already? It seems only yesterday I was fighting off complaints from my postman about how large the sack full of Valentine cards was, that he had to carry to my door! I wish! …Dream on Hudson.
So this month that spring is reported to be in the air and as you are wondering about, you are probably noticing some couples who are made for each other. What about the couples who you can’t imagine together even under medication? You know the odd couple? So here is a question for this month is Love blind…?
I have had an influx of body mismorphia, people who look in the mirror and think they are ugly, hideous, and basically don’t like what they see. So maybe when we see these different shaped people and wonder how on earth are they together, could it be that one of them is mismorphic? Huge issues around self esteem, massive control freak, can’t take a compliment, wouldn’t be seen dead without make up, self conscious, and all the while their friends say “you look amazing, gorgeous, beautiful, sound confident, etc, Does this ring any bells with you?
So with all of this going on inside your mind about yourself how on earth can we ever find time to love another? Robert Frost said “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired” Now how does that make you feel ? Cor! You mouth watering human being you are irresistible!!! Now, if you can hold onto that thought for a moment and look yourself in the eye in front of a large mirror, you should be able to see that beautiful creation, smiling back at you, now say I”I love you” if you can say that and feel good about you then well done, if not… who you gonna call…? There is a proverb which says “Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes.” So now are we saying that love transcends the physical form, hmmm! So that would help us to understand a little more about why, as Joe Jackson put it “pretty woman are out walking with gorillas down my street” So it really is more about what you experience whilst in the company of your lover that makes them your lover. So , that love can only change if you change how you feel about your partner, it’s not down to your partner to make you feel in love with them. Yes it’s that word “Responsibility” and it lies with you, always. You can draw some solace with the words of Rabbi Julius Gordon who said “Love is not blind- it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.” Now for you love birds out there please note love starts and ends with you. If you have had a bad experience in a past relationship you may need it reprogrammed so that you can fully experience your new partner other wise you may find yourself stuck!…
Happy Valentines