Exhaling love

Try this simple exercise

Breath out completely… now push a little more air out… and then a little more… now hold it for 10 seconds… Breath normally again.

This exercise in extreme exhaling is a metaphor for those who seek to grow in love purely through their own effort. They will expend whatever love they have and work until they are completely spent—motivated by a desire to be a more loving person. But such an approach is literally suffocating. For a short time, it makes a difference and perhaps others will even notice it. But ultimately you are forced to give up; exhausted; feeling like a failure; wanting to love more; but depleted.

(Learn more about exhaling love with the help of How to Implement The 3 Colors of Love)