valentine's day Archives - Lamisha Serf-Walls

I love all things ‘love’. As a Leo I am a hopeless romantic who enjoys all the traditional valentines gifts. You know, chocolate, flowers, candles, perfume etc. I enjoy it all. I cry at happy endings to amazing love stories and anything that has a heart or the word ‘love’ on it you can bet your bottom dollar I want it. But Valentines Day (and every other day of the year) isn’t just about romantic love. We are moving into a world that offers a spirit of universal love in all forms and I LOVE that!

Not only are more people practicing random acts of kindness and sharing their love for humankind with one another, but we are moving into a period where more and more people are doing the work that they love. More people are accepting their bodies, personalities, and true gifts each and every day. More people are lending a helping hand when they see someone is in need and standing up for those who can’t speak for themselves.

It’s All About Love…

Today and everyday, love yourself, treat yourself, and stop all that negative-dream-crushing-self-talk that keeps you playing small. Be kind to others and to yourself! Do more of what you love. Find your gifts. Love them and embrace them and for goodness sakes give them to the world! Listen to your heart and follow the call to do work that you absolutely adore. That passion you have burning in your soul, use it! Support one another in struggles and successes. Share, care, and collaborate when you can. Uplift and motivate. Inspire and ignite the fire that has been dormant for too many of us for far too long.

We are provided 24 amazing hours each day to live the best way we know how and I can’t think of a better way than to practice love in any way we can. It’s simple to do if we can break away from our monkey minds, computers, smart phones, and get off of autopilot that we tend to be operating from most days. Be conscious, aware, and open to how love may present itself to you. You just might be surprised at how often you see, feel, and share it when you become aware.

And should you find yourself wondering where to begin, start with yourself. Go out and do the things that bring you joy. Paint, sing, write, crochet, dance, draw, read, take pictures, work out, create, or whatever it is that you haven’t given yourself the permission to do. Go do that!

I truly believe life is meant to be enjoyed and love is meant to be shared, so get out there and do it! And should you find yourself stuck, confused, or in a rut and unable to figure out how to move forward with your amazing passion, purpose, and dreams. Know that I would be honored to be a part of your journey by sharing my gift of coaching with you. There is nothing I love more than sharing in the excitement and wonder of my clients….except maybe chocolates and roses. 🙂

Now is your time to shine and do more of what you LOVE and I want to help you do that. Contact me today to sign up for free consultation and find out how I can help you infuse your life with more love, inspiration, and joy. You deserve it!

I couldn’t let this holiday pass without a post about love. I am one of the biggest saps you will ever meet. I cry at the drop of a hat, tear up during touching commercials, and I absolutely love romance and all that it entails. And even though this day has become about giving gifts and cards etc. I still love it. (I am a greeting card writer after all so it behooves me to be a bit sentimental.)

With that said I want to touch on something that doesn’t get talked about much, especially around this time of year and that is self-love.

All too often many of the greatest givers (myself included) have a tendency to forget or in some cases avoid all together the idea of loving ourselves. It has been seen by some to be a narcissistic way of living if we tend to our own needs or recognize the gifts we truly have. It has been all too common to downplay our strengths and focus on our weaknesses all while giving to and doing for others. Sometimes we see that our needs aren’t as important as the needs of our child, partner, employer, or family and we disconnect entirely from what we want and need in order to give back to ourselves. It is the lack of balance in loving another and loving ourselves that can cause frustration, fatigue, and resentment.

Is self-love a selfish act? In my opinion it is not. It is a necessity in order to effectively love another. I know this because it has been a struggle of my own, one of which I have been working on for a while now and is one I believe we could all do a little more of. Please don’t confuse self-love with boasting, narcissism, and the ego because it is far from that.

To me, self-love is accepting all of your being for who you are flaws and all and loving the person you were, the person you are, and who you have yet to become. It’s not an easy task to do, but as we peel back the layers of ourselves and let them fall away, we uncover our truest selves…human beings full of love, inspiration, power, strength, and beauty.

How does this apply to accomplishing your dreams and goals? I believe the more we love ourselves and accept ourselves for who we truly are, we view our dreams and goals in a new light. Instead of not feeling good enough or worthy enough of our amazing gifts, we accept them graciously as they manifest. So, today I ask you to take a moment and remind yourself that you are worthy of all of the goodness the Universe can give you, but first you must believe you are.

With that I will leave you with an inspirational quote I found. May you always know you are worthy of your dreams.

Enjoy your Valentine’s Day!

“You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don’t know it, all of that doesn’t even matter. Every second that you spend on doubting your worth, every moment that you use to criticize yourself; is a second of your life wasted, is a moment of your life thrown away. It’s not like you have forever, so don’t waste any of your seconds, don’t throw even one of your moments away.”
― C. JoyBell C.