Being Open and Letting Love In...

"The love you seek is hidden deep inside you

And you alone have the power to set it free

You gotta learn to love you each and every moment

Love to love the you that’s there inside"

 I've been on an incredibly interesting, illuminating and intriguing journey in the last year. It's been a mixture of pleasure and pain, high's and low's, enlightening moments and moments of shere frustration. It has culminated this December in a much deeper understanding of just how important it is to be open and to truly understand just what it means to love and to let love in...

I was having a conversation with a beautiful friend this week about values that we hold most closely to us. One of mine has always been about being open, transparent if you will. Before I continue... let me ask you - what value or values do you hold above all others. If you are not sure how to answer this... make a list of about ten, that may include things like courage, justice, honesty, freedom and then see which of those you would be prepared to trade and the one or two you would not give up for any price. Once you have answered this, I want you to be very, very honest with yourself.  How much do you live this value authentically in your life? 


I ask this question because it became apparent to me recently that whilst I have always thought of myself as being very open and true to this esteemed value of mine, it was actually the value that I needed to work on the most. Through this year, a series of events and situations have called for me to stand in my power and stand in my truth and I have chosen to be more open and more transparent than ever before. It hasn't necessarily been that comfortable but out of allowing myself to be vulnerable, I have gained greater riches than I could have dared to hope for. 

People around me are more open, I am attracting more open people into my life. I am finding myself having ever more open conversations and my heart feels more fulfilled. I am starting to truly understand what happens when you start to let love in.... Every moment, every conversation can be an experience of love when you are open. A friend shared this quote with me this week; 

"Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence......"

Every moment has the potential to be magical.


Life and people are simply a mirror of who we are and how we feel about ourselves.... so I urge you to take the time to recognise those values that you hold dear. See where you could shine a light on your highest values and allow yourself to go within and ask the question, are you truly honouring that value in all that you are, do and speak?! If not, then try it out... allow yourself to be vulnerable and live this value moment by moment and await the rewards that the Universe will bring to you.


In Openness and Love, 
Nikola xx

Magic Mirror Girl

Written following my participation in the Finding Grace Project....

Part of finding grace for me has been about opening up to my creativity and not only that but being willing to share.... enjoy. xx

Magic Mirror Girl

She said

Why don’t you come on in?

Sit right down

And make yourself at home

Let’s simply talk for a while

About who you are, how things seem and where you’d like to be

And as the story started to unfold

The tears began to roll

The picture I was painting was of a little girl

Who’d forgotten how to love and let love in

She said

Why don’t you come on over here?

And sit yourself right down

Don’t think too much about the pose

Just let your feelings show

About who you are, how things seem and where you’d like to be

And as the camera started shooting

The tears began to roll

The picture being captured was of that little girl

Who’d forgotten how to love and let love in

She said

Take a look in the mirror

Tell me what you see…..

I held my breath and opened my eyes

And for the first time in a long time

I saw a soul who knows no fear

I saw magic in the mirror

And a heart about to soar

She said

Why don’t you come on over here?

And make yourself at home

Let’s simply talk for a while

For who you are and what you see

Are captured in this photograph

What I see are truth, love and beauty

Its time you let yourself believe

And as I looked into that photograph

The tears began to roll

The picture looking back at me

Was of a little girl remembering

How to love and how to let love in

She said

Take a look in the mirror

Tell me what you see…..

I held my breath and opened my eyes

And for the first time in a long time

I saw a soul who knows no fear

I saw magic in the mirror

And a heart about to soar

There was magic in the mirror

And love in my eyes

There was magic in the mirror

And love in my eyes

There was magic in the mirror

And love within my eyes