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🔥 A Soft Start
The ache to be fully given to someone—
to pour your presence, your care, your desire into them—
is beautiful. Sacred.
But too often, we’re taught that devotion means loss.
That to love well is to lose ourselves.
To vanish into someone else’s wants, rhythms, needs.
True devotion is not about becoming small.
It’s about offering your flame without putting it out.
🌀 A Gentle Truth
When you’re devoted and grounded, you become a force of nature.
Not needy. Not fragile.
But deeply connected to your own source.
You’re not saying: “Take me.”
You’re saying: “I’m here. Lit. Alive. And I choose to offer this to you.”
You don’t have to abandon yourself to be close to someone.
You can love them while rooted in your own radiance.
That’s what makes it sustainable.
That’s what makes it real.
💡 Try This
A practice in rooted devotion:
- Close your eyes and place one hand over your heart, one over your belly.
- Say aloud (or silently):“I am not giving myself away. I am sharing what overflows.”
- Imagine your energy as a flame at your center—steady, undiminished, even as you offer warmth to others.
- Breathe there. Repeat as needed.
This is how you stay lit while loving deeply.
💭 Parting Thought
Your love is not a performance.
It’s not a transaction.
It’s a sacred current.
And when you stay connected to your own light—
your devotion doesn’t burn you out.
It becomes your power.
➡️ Next: Lesson 14: The Return
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The Soft Flame
