Dear Friends,

For many people, the answer to that question is an emphatic NO! Love comes at too high a price. They discovered the person they thought they loved was really quite different. They bought a mythical person, and their mate might say the same of them.

Only for a few is the answer to that question a resounding YES! They married someone who became their best friend through thick and thin, someone whose spiritual values rested on loyalty, on working to earn trust, and on living with compassion and understanding. And they didn't judge each other, ever. Those "yes people" don't give in to doubt or anger. They're out there still working on giving and building love. They stopped focusing on trying to get what they wanted and started giving it without expectations about anything in return.

A dear lady recently asked me if I thought she could handle the well-known temper of a man she is interested in. I said "Yes, but only if you have a rock-solid spiritual practice and don't need anything from him." But, love is a trap, I told her. A woman wants a man to smile at her, to remember to phone her and say those beautiful "right words." That makes her needy and vulnerable. Eventually he will fail to do one or two of those things she expects and waits for, she will say something that sounds like a complaint to him, he will show his rage, and she will crumble.

All men can rage. All women can fall into fear and doubt and crumble. But, everyone can grow out of that. How? Talk to your soul each day when you meditate and pray.

If you do not talk and listen to your soul, you cannot love your soul. And if you cannot love your soul, you cannot love another soul. If you need someone else to love you in order to feel lovable, worthy of love, and to love yourself, then you will never find true, lasting love, only the myth that quickly evaporates.

Twelve years ago when the inspiration came to me to create Womanheart®, and special retreats for women, my mission was quite simple. It was to help women establish a dialogue with their own soul and to give them tools to do that so they would grow to see the beautiful people they are and so come to love themselves.

That remains the goal, even all these years later as we approach the next retreat, June 5-8. We're going to enjoy a charming southwestern guest ranch and get to love ourselves, our strengths, our laughter and our tears, our dreams and realities. In four days we will place our feet firmly on the path of destiny, and experience our spirit renewed. This is a golden opportunity for you and your soul. Don't miss out!

Love will be a big subject, as will children, parents, health, happiness, death, destiny and so much more. Come home to your soul. Come home to Womanheart!

Bless you in all ways always,

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