Each week Ocean WhiteHawk sends out a Provocative Thought to illuminate and activate each reader. These words and images are created fresh each week to respond to the needs and forces in the world. Readers often remark that they provide much needed inspiration and timely guidance helping them to navigate their lives and choices at critical moments.
When words are spoken with softness and love, even if they are not what we wish to hear, they land gently on the heart. We do not feel threatened, nor attacked, and so we remain open. The same is true in reverse. When our words carry the tone of attack, the other can only respond with defense, closing themselves off from us.
If both are caught in the cycle of criticism, someone must choose to end it. One must have the courage to break the chain of negativity. This is not weakness, nor loss, but strength. For the Law of Love is simple: Love begets Love. The first to lay down their arms does not sacrifice, they reveal the true generosity of the Soul. To be the first to step towards Love is not a defeat, it is the Higher Way, restoring beauty and harmony in our lives.
