Over a year ago, I added a phrase to my vision board:
“A Deeper Love.”
Those words stayed with me.
That was what I wanted to call into my life—not just romantic love, not just friendship, not just the love we experience with family, but something deeper.
Love is such an interesting subject because everyone seems to experience and define it differently.
I have had many conversations about love. Some people believe love is rare and limited—that there are only certain people who truly experience our love deeply, such as a child, a spouse, or our closest family members.
Some people reserve the word “love” for those who have earned it over time through trust and closeness.
Others see love as abundant—that every stranger is simply a friend we have not met yet.
I have also heard people describe different types of love: the love of a partner, the love of a friend, the love of a neighbor, the love of family.
All of these are beautiful expressions of love.
But I began wondering…
What is a deeper love?
A deeper love inspires me to go deeper within myself—to love outwardly more fully, to receive love more openly, and to expand my capacity to recognize love all around me.
I have witnessed this kind of love within my tribe.
It is different from the kind of connection we often experience in everyday life.
Everyone who walks through the door is welcomed, cared for, and treated as though they are already part of the family.
What amazed me was not just the kindness—it was the awareness.
They could notice someone’s emotions from across the room without words. They could sense when someone needed a glass of water, a hug, or simply a moment of support.
This kind of love is not about losing yourself in another person. It is not about sacrificing your own needs or living in discomfort.
It is about being so present that you are no longer completely absorbed by your own thoughts, worries, and experiences.
You become available to truly see another person.
I believe love lives in reciprocity.
The love we offer into the world has a way of returning to us—not always from the same person or in the way we expect, but through the endless exchange of connection.
And maybe a deeper love is learning to recognize that everything is connected.
It is learning to love not only the people closest to us, but all of life.
For example, I love bugs.
I didn’t always.
There were times when I was afraid of them, but as I learned more about the natural world, I started seeing them differently.
Could you imagine our planet without insects?
Not just butterflies and bees, but all of them—the tiny creatures we often overlook.
They help create healthy soil, pollinate plants, provide food for other beings, and play essential roles in the balance of life.
They are living beings with purpose.
They matter.
A deeper love asks us to expand our awareness beyond what is familiar or convenient and recognize the value of all life.
Loving life is not just about having fun experiences.
It is about gratitude.
It is feeling thankful for the breath moving through your lungs.
It is noticing the beauty of the ocean, the sky, a tree, a flower, or the quiet moments we often rush past.
There is so much beauty available to us every single day.
Sometimes we are just too distracted to notice.
To me, a deeper love is about expanding our capacity.
It is remembering that the same creative force that moves through the universe also moves through us.
There is love within us.
There is love around us.
And the more we learn to quiet the distractions of our own journey, the more we can truly see one another.
Maybe a deeper love is not something we find.
Maybe it is something we uncover.
Something we practice.
Something we choose.
A way of moving through the world where we remember:
We are not separate.
We belong to each other.
We are all part of this beautiful experience of life.
Through art, rhythm, meditation, and shared experiences, I believe we create spaces where we can remember this connection—to ourselves, to each other, and to the world around us.
