Betty came to one of my Breaking Through The Barrier seminars. Her original thought for attending was to help her find direction in her life, but she suddenly realized why she needed to be at the seminar. She had been living life afraid.

There is nothing like being in love. You feel as if you are gliding on air, and nothing hurts as much as the end of that relationship. A breakup is difficult regardless of the side that you are on. Through coaching couples and individuals, I have seen the pain and hurt when love is no longer enough.

It seems the hardest part of love is letting go. Letting go when you give your heart to another person only to have it rejected. Letting go of being betrayed. Letting go of a relationship that is only an empty “ship” that no longer “relates.” Letting go of regret when you walked away when you should have stayed. To love, you must let go. To live, you must let go. Being a pack rat of shattered memories and hurt stagnates you from receiving the very thing you desire – love.

Relationships do not complete us. Relationships are meant to enhance our lives – to take us to new emotional highs and perhaps even new emotional lows, but they won’t complete us.

Love– so much has been written about one single word and so much still seems unknown. Perhaps that is the reason there is so much confusion, joy, and pain associated to that four letter word. The truth is that love never fails, nor does it disappoint.