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WEEKLY AFFIRMATION 15

It’s only love if it’s unconditional. Everything else is desire and preference and desire.

KIRU
3 min readApr 11, 2022
Illustration from The Book of Positive Affirmations.

This morning I woke up with a grateful heart. I don’t know what will happen today, but I’m grateful to experience it. I don’t know if things will go according to plan this week, but I’m grateful that no matter what happens, I will be there.

“Whatever happens today, I will remember to love myself.” — The Book of Positive Affirmations, 2019

When I wrote this affirmation, I had no idea how much I would need it during the challenges that were ahead. From being heartbroken beyond belief in 2019 into 2020, and later going for broke as they say, but actually winding up broke after reinvesting everything I had in a business venture that simply did not go according to plan.

When I look at love — the greatest, highest power — I consider it as a willingness to remain open. Love is open to understanding. Love is open to connecting. Love is open to teaching, and trying again. Love confirms the laws of the universe, yet it often offers radical grace, balanced with a dependable measure of accountability. Love is the first and final step in unleashing the power of positivity, which is only really ever discovered in pursuit of…

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KIRU
KIRU

Written by KIRU

KIRU is an independent music artist, a model, an author, and a creative entrepreneur using Medium for business, for gratitude, and for brief poetic reflections.

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