To have love for someone is one of the greatest joys of life, and to be loved is one of life’s greatest blessings. Just as joy increases by sharing it, love expands when we express it. If we reflect on it, we may well find that there is still much love in us, waiting for expression.

We often feel that it is enough to carry our love for someone and live with it. But just because we carry it, doesn’t necessarily mean they feel it if it is clouded by our hesitation to express it. The sun blocked by dark clouds gives no warmth, no matter how powerful it is. Our love will radiate and warm someone’s heart when we let them know.

Strange as it may sound, sometimes we just don’t know how to express our love. So easily we can tell someone that we respect them, or admire them, or appreciate them for something, but find it difficult to simply say that we love them. Finding ways to unlock our feeling may well open the silent love someone carries for us as well.

There are times we are so close to someone that we take for granted that they know we love them and it is not necessary to let them know – in our minds it is obvious. Even the healthiest tree needs the nourishment of water, sun and air. Nothing nourishes someone more than to hear from us that we love them. It’s not that they don’t know, but often we don’t know and don’t realise how much of a difference it will make to them. It may well be something they have been waiting to hear from us.

Life is too short to overthink it and wait for the right moment. Lives change the moment we remind ourselves that if anything, love needs to be expressed more, not hidden deep within. When we love someone, we need to let them know.

(Picture – Flowers at a wedding reception in Toronto)