'Your task is not to search for love but to find a portal through which love can enter.'

I feel like so many of us are on this constant 'hunt' for love. We are constantly focused on what we are doing, how we look, what we are wearing (which has all been programmed by society, media and movies/commercials) just incase 'the love of our life' may be there today or tomorrow.

I see so many people focusing on their clothes, their looks and how they 'present' themselves to the world that they are more or less this manifestation of what they want to be rather than who they actually are.

We think that being polite and nice while doing proper things in life is going to lead us to this person who is going to make everything better. We think that as long as we look pretty, get a good job and accomplish something that garners a certificate on a wall that we will have acquired something in life that will make others want to be with us.

And it's true, if that's what you are constantly searching for then that's what you will find. Someone who is content enough to have that, the basic things we were all 'told' and 'programmed' to do and achieve.

But that's just settling. Do you want someone to just 'settle' and be 'content' enough to deal with you or do you want someone to love you?

If you want someone to love you and reciprocate that love back then you have to be content with yourself first. Just be yourself, conquer and learn the things that are important to you. The things you are most passionate about are the aspects of life that will get you on your life task and inevitably find love.

Once you are giving your all and everything into your life task the ego will dissolve and you will be content with your journey through life. This is when love can enter.

Don't search for love. It's not a game, it's not something you 'look' for. The more you go looking for it the more it will hurt if it's not true....