{"id":85,"date":"2013-03-17T01:41:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T06:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.petitefreespirit.com\/2013\/03\/i-am-ready-for-love\/"},"modified":"2020-06-10T19:47:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T00:47:07","slug":"i-am-ready-for-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petitefreespirit.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/17\/i-am-ready-for-love\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Ready for Love.?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/mxkMlS2nuU8?rel=0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><P align=justify><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14px\" face=arial><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT>For the past couple of weeks, my thoughts have centered on having a relationship again.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve passed by a scenic shoreline and thought how nice it would be to walk along the beach with the one I love.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve seen a beautiful sunny day where I thought to myself it would be nice to explore the city by bicycle with the one I love.&nbsp; The theme song for these musings has been my favorite India.Arie song &#8220;I Am Ready for Love.&#8221;&nbsp; In the post title, I have the phrase listed with different punctuation because, at times, it has been an internal affirmation, &#8220;I am ready for love.&#8221;&nbsp; Other times, it has been a hesitant affirmation, &#8220;I am ready for love?&#8221;&nbsp; In the most intense times, it has been an exclamation born of exasperated impatience, &#8220;I am ready for love!&#8221;&nbsp; Despite the differing approaches to the statement, in the end, I am ready for love.&nbsp; <br \/>\n<P align=justify><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14px\" face=arial><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT>In recent years, each relationship has provided phenomenal (yet painful) personal development.&nbsp; I am far enough along in this personal development to know that I have amazing barriers to overcome in order to be a party to a successful relationship.&nbsp; Each time a relationship opportunity presents itself, I feel as if I&#8217;m at the three-point line needing to make the game-winning shot for the final championship game.&nbsp; And I miss.&nbsp; Yet, in the failure of making that shot, I am able to more clearly see the barriers which need shedding and hopefully refine my approach to relationships.&nbsp; I would like to think that with so many lessons behind me, I am truly now ready for the game-winning shot at love ahead&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/OPPTtXYu4A0?rel=0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past couple of weeks, my thoughts have centered on having a relationship again.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve passed by a scenic shoreline and thought how nice it would be to walk along the beach with the one I love.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve seen a beautiful sunny day where I thought to myself it would be nice to explore &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petitefreespirit.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/17\/i-am-ready-for-love\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I Am Ready for Love.?!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"pfspirit","author_link":"https:\/\/www.petitefreespirit.com\/index.php\/author\/pfspirit\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"For the past couple of weeks, my thoughts have centered on having a relationship again.&nbsp; 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