Great Love Great Achievements

The premise in Feng Shui is to remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. I want to talk about that idea of taking great risks to achieve whatever it is that we want and love.

I love my two kids more than I can say and I've risked a lot to provide and nurture them as a single mother. I believe by making needed sacrifices I have seen two people, a now young woman and young man grow into their full potential and that thrills me to no end. My relationships with my son and daughter is a true testament to great love and great achievements involving great risks. When they were very young their dad and I separated and eventually divorced and I took my two small kids to another state and proceeded to be a single mom with the great help of my family. It took a lot of courage and sacrifice to walk away from the home I made for my husband and family and move back home with my parents. There were times that I wanted to give up and walk away, but I knew in my heart that I could not provide all that my young kids needed on my own and I wanted them to have every advantage when it came to safety and education, so I did what I had to do.

I learned many lessons over those years as my kids grew up and are now heading towards their own lives and careers.

Another great sacrifice was exposing my heart in a new relationship after a bad break-up and divorce. It was over ten years before I found a "real man" to have a real relationship with. I was blessed to find a great love and achieve great times with another person. I had to be very careful because I would be exposing my kids to this person as well and their opinions mattered greatly to me.

One thing I know for sure is that when it comes to opening yourself up to great love and great achievement I had to first ask myself what was I willing to give and what exactly was I willing to sacrifice to achieve what I wanted or needed. I had to do the work first as I seek out what I wanted. I had to examine my heart and know without a doubt what I would accept in a partner and what I was willing to give to a partner in order for a lasting relationship to occur. I was scared as I went about the dating scene and I can remember many phone calls when my son would perform in front of me to distract me from talking to the new man in my life, but I forged ahead in conversation reassuring him that he was my first love and I had room in my heart and life for another male to come in and be a part of me.

I remember those days fondly as days when I took great risks to achieve a great love in my life. I did not realize the great complexities when one must merge a life with the lives of others, but I feel the risk and sacrifice is well worth it in the end.

I will tell anyone that asks, that when pursuing great love and great achievements, which I feel relationships are the greatest one can achieve, to remember that great risks are involved and to take your time and work diligently until you arrive at what you are seeking.