{"id":5040,"date":"2021-02-15T06:14:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T12:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/?p=5040"},"modified":"2021-02-17T09:24:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:24:35","slug":"nothing-can-make-love-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/dev\/nothing-can-make-love-go-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Can Make Love Go Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; min_height=&#8221;2208px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-55px|auto||auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;2.5em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|124px||124px||&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">This week, I\u2019m going to let myself write about love &#8211; free-flowing and without trying to make a point. I hope you enjoy it! (Or skip it and check out the song below and the amazing Love story it carries)&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" goomoji=\"2764\" data-goomoji=\"2764\" alt=\"\u2764\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/2764\" data-image-whitelisted=\"\" class=\"CToWUd\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>\ufe0f<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">\u201cWhen you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it&#8217;s bottomless&#8230;\u201d &#8211; Pema Chodron<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cWhat do you do when love is gone?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0a reporter asked me in a TV interview. We were talking about my book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tatianacameron.krtra.com\/c\/lqoni1s32Ha4\/we7x\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/tatianacameron.krtra.com\/c\/lqoni1s32Ha4\/we7x&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613475274473000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG--l-Q6BYtNXC1JlElLf9FI3tlow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #000000;\">(un)Broken<\/a>, and the part where I wrote\u00a0<strong>\u201cPain is there to remind us how much we love and are loved.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I didn\u2019t expect this question and I didn\u2019t answer right away. I knew she was referring to my husband\u2019s passing. I took a breath and let Love come to me and guide my answer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cI don\u2019t think love is ever gone. People come and go through our lives. Love is the only thing that stays.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0I said slowly, steadying my heart as each thought, each triggered memory of love bringing up\u00a0swarms of emotions in an instant, emotions\u00a0that moved and flapped inside of me like fish caught up in a net.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I remembered tears, and pain worse than anything I can describe. And I remembered laugher and holding hands, and running on the beach and driving through the nights. I remembered kisses and \u201cI do\u2019s\u201d. I remembered the births of our babies. I remembered\u00a0warm skin, bandages and tubes that covered it in the end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I remembered anger and despair, and yelling and fighting and crying together as both of us, exhausted, begged love to fix it all. I remembered Love holding our folded hands even when it was over and I had to let go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I took another breath. I worried that the pause was too long, as inside my head (and my heart) I had rewinded a lifetime of love that was always there even at times when I couldn\u2019t feel it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cIt can\u2019t be gone.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0I repeated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cWe might try to disconnect from it, numb our hearts because we are afraid of the pain that comes when we get separated from those we love &#8211; and who love us. But that doesn\u2019t make love go away.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><em>It waits for us without judgment &#8211; and whenever we are ready, whenever we heal, get stronger, rebuild trust, it\u2019s there for us to feel it again.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">\ufe0f<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" goomoji=\"2764\" data-goomoji=\"2764\" alt=\"\u2764\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/2764\" data-image-whitelisted=\"\" class=\"CToWUd\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-UfNftot_7E&amp;ab_channel=Tatiana%E2%80%98Tajci%E2%80%99Cameron\"><\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;data:image\/svg+xml;base64,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&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;2.5em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|124px||124px||&#8221;]<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">Because once you let your heart be touched, you truly discover that it\u2019s bottomless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">The capacity to love becomes bigger than any container that my TV interviewer wants me to define when she asks\u00a0<em>\u201cWill you love again?\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cI can\u2019t love again, because I never stop loving,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0I tell her, ruining her hopes for good TV.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><strong>Romantic relationships and marriages can be over, but Love is constant.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">It\u2019s steady and always there. We carry it inside and we recognize it in other people, in nature, in little joys, and a million life situations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">We are always rediscovering it and we always go back to It. We let Love heal us, teach us, open new paths for us, guide new people into our lives, fill our hearts and give us strength. Love always grows, it can\u2019t diminish or disappear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">Only when we decide to withdraw love, we disconnect from it and we can\u2019t feel it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">My love for Matthew can never be gone in order for a new love to come in. It will always be a part of me. We go forward together.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" goomoji=\"2764\" data-goomoji=\"2764\" alt=\"\u2764\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/2764\" data-image-whitelisted=\"\" class=\"CToWUd\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>\ufe0f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I can write a love letter to Matthew while listening to David sing, and I feel the bottomlessness of my heart that was made to love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I didn\u2019t always feel this way\u2026 I was scared for most of my life. I was hurt and my heart was holding on to the crumbs of love, afraid to open up. It took many small acts of love that touched my heart and slowly healed me\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">So, if you aren\u2019t feeling this bottomlessness, if it scares you to think about it, if the thoughts of loving and being loved cause you pain, it\u2019s ok.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><strong>Be gentle with your heart and with yourself.<\/strong>\u00a0Love is waiting for you without judgment. Take as long as you need.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">Or if your love feels like it\u2019s overflowing &#8211; because right now we are a bit distanced and we can\u2019t stand on the town square giving free hugs, or you feel lonely because you haven\u2019t found a way to your person yet, take a breath and let your heart pump it through, delivering it your whole body first &#8211; nourishing it and renewing it &#8211; and then exhaling it into the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">Our world desperately needs a little bit of love in the air.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">You are loved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I write these words each week out of love for you &#8211; whoever you are. From my bottomless heart into yours!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-UfNftot_7E&amp;ab_channel=Tatiana%E2%80%98Tajci%E2%80%99Cameron\"><\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;2.5em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|3px||3px||&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">This week, I\u2019m going to let myself write about love &#8211; free-flowing and without trying to make a point. I hope you enjoy it! (Or skip it and check out the song below and the amazing Love story it carries)&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" goomoji=\"2764\" data-goomoji=\"2764\" alt=\"\u2764\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/2764\" data-image-whitelisted=\"\" class=\"CToWUd\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>\ufe0f<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">\u201cWhen you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it&#8217;s bottomless&#8230;\u201d &#8211; Pema Chodron<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cWhat do you do when love is gone?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0a reporter asked me in a TV interview. We were talking about my book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tatianacameron.krtra.com\/c\/lqoni1s32Ha4\/we7x\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/tatianacameron.krtra.com\/c\/lqoni1s32Ha4\/we7x&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613475274473000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG--l-Q6BYtNXC1JlElLf9FI3tlow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #000000;\">(un)Broken<\/a>, and the part where I wrote\u00a0<strong>\u201cPain is there to remind us how much we love and are loved.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I didn\u2019t expect this question and I didn\u2019t answer right away. I knew she was referring to my husband\u2019s passing. I took a breath and let Love come to me and guide my answer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cI don\u2019t think love is ever gone. People come and go through our lives. Love is the only thing that stays.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0I said slowly, steadying my heart as each thought, each triggered memory of love bringing up\u00a0swarms of emotions in an instant, emotions\u00a0that moved and flapped inside of me like fish caught up in a net.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I remembered tears, and pain worse than anything I can describe. And I remembered laugher and holding hands, and running on the beach and driving through the nights. I remembered kisses and \u201cI do\u2019s\u201d. I remembered the births of our babies. I remembered\u00a0warm skin, bandages and tubes that covered it in the end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I remembered anger and despair, and yelling and fighting and crying together as both of us, exhausted, begged love to fix it all. I remembered Love holding our folded hands even when it was over and I had to let go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I took another breath. I worried that the pause was too long, as inside my head (and my heart) I had rewinded a lifetime of love that was always there even at times when I couldn\u2019t feel it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cIt can\u2019t be gone.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0I repeated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cWe might try to disconnect from it, numb our hearts because we are afraid of the pain that comes when we get separated from those we love &#8211; and who love us. But that doesn\u2019t make love go away.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><em>It waits for us without judgment &#8211; and whenever we are ready, whenever we heal, get stronger, rebuild trust, it\u2019s there for us to feel it again.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">\ufe0f<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" goomoji=\"2764\" data-goomoji=\"2764\" alt=\"\u2764\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/2764\" data-image-whitelisted=\"\" class=\"CToWUd\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">Because once you let your heart be touched, you truly discover that it\u2019s bottomless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">The capacity to love becomes bigger than any container that my TV interviewer wants me to define when she asks\u00a0<em>\u201cWill you love again?\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cI can\u2019t love again, because I never stop loving,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0I tell her, ruining her hopes for good TV.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><strong>Romantic relationships and marriages can be over, but Love is constant.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">It\u2019s steady and always there. We carry it inside and we recognize it in other people, in nature, in little joys, and a million life situations. We are always rediscovering it and we always go back to It. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">We let Love heal us, teach us, open new paths for us, guide new people into our lives, fill our hearts and give us strength. Love always grows, it can\u2019t diminish or disappear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">Only when we decide to withdraw love, we disconnect from it and we can\u2019t feel it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">My love for Matthew can never be gone in order for a new love to come in. It will always be a part of me. We go forward together.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" goomoji=\"2764\" data-goomoji=\"2764\" alt=\"\u2764\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/2764\" data-image-whitelisted=\"\" class=\"CToWUd\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>\ufe0f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I can write a love letter to Matthew while listening to David sing, and I feel the bottomlessness of my heart that was made to love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I didn\u2019t always feel this way\u2026 I was scared for most of my life. I was hurt and my heart was holding on to the crumbs of love, afraid to open up. It took many small acts of love that touched my heart and slowly healed me\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">So, if you aren\u2019t feeling this bottomlessness, if it scares you to think about it, if the thoughts of loving and being loved cause you pain, it\u2019s ok.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><strong>Be gentle with your heart and with yourself.<\/strong>\u00a0Love is waiting for you without judgment. Take as long as you need.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">Or if your love feels like it\u2019s overflowing &#8211; because right now we are a bit distanced and we can\u2019t stand on the town square giving free hugs, or you feel lonely because you haven\u2019t found a way to your person yet, take a breath and let your heart pump it through, delivering it your whole body first &#8211; nourishing it and renewing it &#8211; and then exhaling it into the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">Our world desperately needs a little bit of love in the air.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">You are loved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">I write these words each week out of love for you &#8211; whoever you are. From my bottomless heart into yours!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-UfNftot_7E&amp;ab_channel=Tatiana%E2%80%98Tajci%E2%80%99Cameron\"><\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FINAL_Blog-Banner-TC.com-5.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;FINAL_Blog Banner TC.com (5)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|-40px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||20px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Nunito|600|on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#BE1E2D&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;45px&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Nunito||||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#BE1E2D&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px|124px|6px|124px||&#8221;]<p>Music\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-53px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;1640px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|124px||124px||&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">Today, I\u2019m pulling a very tender song+story out of a dusty box where I keep dozens of projects that I poured my heart into, many of which never reached more than a handful of people\u2026 (Ok, I wrote this for dramatic purposes. This song is actually up on my YouTube channel &#8211; but kind of tucked away. You have to know it\u2019s there to look for it. 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You keep at it, you push through the hard times, and you learn to enjoy every minute of it - because after so many ups and downs, you learn to let go of your attachment to the outcome and you trust that Love (God) will organize all the pieces (that you put your heart into) for you. (I just wrote a poem about that last week. LOL)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You find satisfaction in your work - especially when it touches someone, or provides value for someone - which is the case with all meaningful work!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And you are happy. Fulfilled.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Like my son, Blais, who got himself a job at the local grocery store. After his first day of training, I asked him what his responsibilities would be. He said \u201cI\u2019m in customer service. And that means my job is to make people feel welcomed, valued, seen, and heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When he came home from his first day of work, he was glowing! He had been corralling shopping carts and bagging groceries for six hours, but he didn\u2019t even mention that. ALL he experienced was interacting with customers. He felt incredibly accomplished because he told me, he got to talk to people, ask them how their day went, and make them feel good. He brought me a bunch of roses because he said he was moved by someone who was buying roses for their mother.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>THIS was a life-defining moment for him. Blais\u2019 manager could have told him his job was to bag groceries quickly and efficiently, and to compete with the next kid at the number of shopping carts they can pull in one swoop. <strong>Instead, they gave him the gift of a mindset that puts people - and service - before productivity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I guess the manager also knows that with that mindset, Blais will naturally work faster and more efficiently - and everyone wins. And of course, this takes trust. Being pleasant to customers isn\u2019t something a manager can put out as a neat checklist or a measurable goal. Trust.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, back to my song\u2026<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A few years back, when I first moved to Nashville, I met Tom Paden, a songwriter who wrote hit songs for artists like Reba McEntire. 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Matthew and I had just come out of our separation and were working on healing our relationship.)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>When the conflict grows too big, we build walls because we need something to keep us from charging at each other, and constantly attacking.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then, the wall keeps us away. But our anger and unresolved conflicts grow in our minds and hearts, which makes the other side seem full of dark shadows and scary monsters.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We keep this up for a while, but eventually we get tired (because anger and fear are exhausting, and walls make us feel constricted).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then something happens, or someone comes along who inspires us to address the wall (because there is still the Divine that finds a way to interfere with our human quarrels and stubbornness) and we feel willing to try.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What happens in that moment is what this song talks about.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tom and Eddie put a demo together and it came out so well that we decided to pitch it to some major artists (instead of having me sing it).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I released my attachment to the outcome, and trusted that Eddie and Tom knew what they were doing. We all wanted the song to get out there and reach a lot of people with its beautiful message and melody. Tom and Eddie did a lot of pitching, but they also trusted that the right artist would come along. Olivia Newton-John heard the song (through a very unconventional channel connected to her non-profit) and was immediately drawn to it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>:)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trust. Do the work and then trust.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cWindow in the Wall\u201d is perfect for the times we live in. I\u2019ve been reading the comments on Olivia\u2019s social media, and people are already commenting on how much they needed this shot of hope and encouragement.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So here are three things I hope can be a bit of an inspiration for you today:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>(1) Keep showing up. Find little joys in everyday tasks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are out of work, keep finding meaningful work - learn something, help someone, create something. Nourish your soul, mind, and heart with uplifting content - music, art. Nurture your body with healthy foods and walks in nature. Update your resume, research or contact potential employers, rebrand yourself if you have to (I\u2019ve done that a few times\u2026), stay in shape, and then let it go.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trust. 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