Yes It’s True…I Blogged About Love

“Well, folks! A small family of pigs somewhere just got their wings and learned to fly.”

Jenny Blake, I love YOU!

I'm so excited you chose this series to blog about love in, and as you know I admire you and love the hell out of your post. Thanks for participating and sharing yourself with my readers and the new readers in this series.

Off to check it out! Thanks!

Valentine’s Day is overrated. Everyone knows the Superbowl is the most romantic day of the year!

If it makes you feel better, I don't have a Valentine either. Although if I play my cards right, my 6-year-old niece will ask me to be her Valentine again this year. Or there's always Diesel. He will do right by me.

By the way, your guest post was great! So sweet and so brave. A beautiful combo. This line was especially powerful…

“I’m sure I am regurgitating thousands of years of wisdom when I say that love is something you ALLOW. It is not a mountain you climb. It is something wonderful you sink into. They call it “falling in love” for a reason.”

You should probably write a book or something…or become a Life Coach.

Looking forward to hear about the L topic (I knew there is more to Jenny than career and productivity). Which of the 7 stories of love will it be? Check out “The Seven Stories of Love: And How to Choose Your Happy Ending”.

Thanks Pierre! Have you read that book? It sounds really interesting! And
yes…there is definitely more to me than career and productivity – I just
have to keep getting up the courage to share more of that side

The Superbowl IS the most romantic day of the year! Think about it:
football, snack food, beer, couch – what more do you need?! It's one of my
favorite holidays. Yes – it is a holiday in my book, even if the games
aren't always as exciting as I want them to be.

Between Diesel and your niece it sounds like you are set for V-Day. Your
niece is a lucky girl!

Thanks for always leaving great comments – writing about love is hard! So I
really appreciate you saying the post was sweet and brave. Thank you Now
I'm off to go look into that whole book/life coach suggestion…I think
you're on to something.

I love how honest you were in the post! Thanks for sharing! Being vulnerable and exposing ourselves to risk – especially emotionally – is one of the greatest challenges in life. But it is also where we have the most potential for happiness. You can't have one without the other because what makes something so valuable to us is the fact that if we lost it, we would get hurt pretty badly. It's the ying-yang of life. =) I am looking forward to hearing more about the journey you are embarking on.

Jenny, I'd just like to give you kudos to blogging about this! I think its awesome that you opened up and shared – and in doing so did exactly what you are kinda scared to do – be vulnerable. This sort of thing – love – can be very personal (in my eyes at least) so letting the world know that you struggle with letting it in and allowing it is just awesome. And as usual, it was a great post and well written

And I loved this: “Because I was protecting myself from what I want most in this world, which is to feel truly seen and appreciated – and maybe, just maybe – one day even loved.” Um – YES! I feel you on that soooo much. Thanks for putting it so clearly.

Was it bad that after I read the first paragraph I said 'I know that Jenny wrote this'

Here's to your 2010 Jenny, full of whatever you make it.

Thanks Marcos! Yes, getting up the courage to even write that post – let
alone feel those feelings – took a lot, but it was also incredibly freeing!
I'm still working my way through “Romantic Love” – learning a lot. It's so
true that being vulnerable and taking risks is where we have the most
potential for happiness – very yin and yang indeed. The ups and downs might
be more extreme than just living in the middle – but that's what makes life
exciting – and where the most growth happens. Have a fantastic weekend -
I'll be back in NYC at the end of March and we DEFINITELY have to meet up
again! I mentioned it to Lindsey too – thanks again for connecting us – she
is FABULOUS!

Thank you so much Kristi! Yes – sharing was almost as scary as letting
myself open up in the first place! But it was a great challenge – being
asked to blog about love – my friend said it was exactly the kind of
“homework” I needed to make my “love in 2010″ intention more real – and she
was completely right. I'm so glad you liked the post – and yes, the whole
part about self-protection is so true! It really does stop us from what we
most want sometimes. Here's to both of us continuing to open up, be
vulnerable, and enjoy what we learn in the process

Hah! Does that mean that I've successfully branded myself as
“dating-challenged”? Thank you so much for the text and comment – you rock
Ryan Knapp! Can't wait to read your entry too