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Is Love Really All We Need?

westchamplainfht
Nov 23, 2024
1 min read

Outside of food, water and shelter, pretty much. :) And although it can be that simple, what do we really mean by love?

  • Connection. In order to feel secure, we must feel connected to others. And in order to feel secure and whole, those connections need to be healthy. Mutual trust and respect, a sense that you can count on each other, the freedom to be yourself within the relationship.

  • Joy. It is our birthright to live a joyful life. When we consciously design our lives to include actually enjoying it, we connect with the part of ourselves that emanates love - both to ourselves and others. This is the fun part of love.

  • Light. Love is spiritual. It is what we feel when we are most settled and at peace. It is the sacred part inside of us that is connected to the spiritual; however that might be defined for you. When we connect with that part of ourselves, we radiate a sense of communion to others.

We can make the decision to choose love over fear, faith over doubt, forgiveness over resentment. When we consciously makes these choices, we allow ourselves to strenghten and grow - giving others around us permission to do the same. Photo by C.Valdez on Unsplash

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Land Acknowledgement

The West Champlain Family Health Team acknowledges it is located upon the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin People and respects the traditional knowledge and healing developed over generations. We have the privilege and responsibility to serve First Nations, Inuit, and Métis of many backgrounds and from many treaty and non-treaty lands and territories, and to demonstrate respect for the contributions and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.

 

Iye West Champlain Family Health Team ogíkikenindánáwá taniziwadj ondaje Algonquin Anishinábe tanakíwin ega ka mígiwewadj iyo kichi Anishinábewakí ashidj odapítenindánáwá kikádjichigewin ashidj mino nódjimowin ka pamíkán pinawígo. Nínawind d’ayánánán shawenimigoziwin ashidj inenindágoziwin kidji wídókáwadag Anishinábeg, Abitawizíg ashidj Kíwedinóg máneg wendjibáwadj ashidj níbina nakondiwin ashidj ega akíng ashidj tanakíwinan ashidj kidji wábandayá apítenindagoziwin ondji ka mígiwewadj ashidj pimádjiwowinan ogo Anishinábeg Pemádizidjig.

 

The West Champlain Family Health Team is grateful to the Indigenous Health Circle (which works in collaboration with The Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn and the Ottawa Valley Ontario Health Team) for sharing a meaningful land acknowledgement both in English and Omámíwininímowin (the Algonquin Anishinábe language), which is the basis of our own.

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