Grand Personal Transformation...Possible?

Quick write up for a class I took that I thought I would share...

I definitely believe that a large personality transformation is possible and very real. Especially when someone loves another, they can use that love as a fuel to help them grow. This has been my personal experience and I have seen it happen to others. My love for another prompted me to grow in ways I couldn’t have previously imagined, or wouldn’t have cared to grow, without the enticement of the love of another. My love for another propelled me to strive for great heights within myself.

Many people may have “killed” this part of them that would allow them to love to this extent, perhaps due to extreme pains they have experienced (which is very understandable in this world). To those people, a transformation such as this may be impossible. It definitely depends on the person, their desire, and drive.

However, there are others, who are brave enough to try again, and this love can guide them to completely transform theirselves. Of course the ideal love begins with one’s self, but it may take another to bring one to that realization. In my experience, I found the love for myself after realizing that loving another would never totally make me happy. I found that everything had to stem from a love for myself. A very painful experience, however, invaluable--and a great blessing. I believe that a developed love for one’s self is the greatest love (in alignment with or fueled by a love with Source/spirit/divinity) and with that and empowerment by desire, any transformation is possible. Before that is found, love for another can also lead one to the same path of grand transformation.

~Danielle Marie Crume 03/31/08

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