Grecia Chasteen's Blog

There’s a kind of love that many of us spend our whole lives searching for, the kind we imagine will finally make everything make sense. We write about it in the quiet corners of our journals, pray for it while the rest of the world sleeps, and dream about it in between heartbreak and hope.

We’ve been encouraged to think love is something we have to find. Someone out there who will bring us back to life. Someone who will pour into the empty spaces and remind us who we are. But the truth is the love that truly awakens us isn’t something we chase. It finds us when we’ve finally done the hard work within ourselves.

When we’ve faced the storms that tried to break us…
When we’ve sat with the pain no one else could carry…
When we’ve learned to breathe again on our own…

When we’ve taken the time to be honest with ourselves. 

That’s when love shows up.

Not as a rescue.
But as a reflection of everything we’ve grown to become.

It’s the kind of love that doesn’t just make your heart flutter but makes your soul exhale. It’s not a high that quickly burns out but warmth that lingers. It’s like stepping outside after a long storm and feeling the sun touch your skin… It’s gentle, happy, and a steady space that feels like you’ve arrived home.

This kind of love doesn’t ask you to conform to fit. It meets you exactly where you are and celebrates the journey it took to get there. This love… You recognize it because you’re no longer running from yourself.

Love arrives not when we are perfect… but when we are present.
Authentically whole. Unapologetically ourselves.

So keep healing. Keep growing. Keep becoming.
Because the kind of love you’ve always dreamed of isn’t ahead of you.
It’s waiting to meet the version of you who finally knows their worth.

There’s a lot being said about cheating due to a recent event and also relating it to spiritual immaturity.
Although I understand the lessons some are trying to teach. I feel the need to speak for those of us who are walking through confusion, grief, and growth with love, not hidden agendas.
Not everyone who is struggling is betraying.
Not everyone whose love looks messy is dishonest.
Many of us are trying to unlearn living in survival, rediscover our authinic self, and trying to stay soft in a world that keeps hardening us.
Society loves to judge without understanding.
To name what’s “right” or “wrong” from a distance without ever asking,
“What was their soul trying to learn?”
Sometimes love finds us in chaos.
Sometimes, the lesson is in another person.
And sometimes, we’re just trying to feel something real after years of feeling nothing at all.
This isn’t to defend behavior.
It’s to defend humanity… the kind that bleeds, learns, falls, and rises again.
I don’t speak to excuse.
I speak so that others who are still becoming don’t feel shamed into silence.
Let’s hold space for each other to grow through healing.
Let’s stop pretending perfection is a prerequisite for love.
And let’s remember you can’t judge someone’s healing while skipping your own.

We have been fighting battles that weren’t our own… It’s time to drop the sword and reclaim our own power!!!! Not every battle was meant for us to fight.

In a world overflowing with quick connections and fast goodbyes, I can’t help but feel that society has forgotten what it truly means to love. Not the version of love we post on timelines or attach to cute quotes but the kind of love that holds space, pushes us, and sometimes even aches because it’s so real.

Authentic love isn’t about comfort. It isn’t about staying where it’s safe, convenient, or predictable. Authentic love asks us to step beyond ourselves to show up even when it’s hard, even when the ego is bruised, even when fear whispers that it’s easier to walk away.

I’m not talking about love that asks you to abandon yourself or accept abuse, manipulation, or spiritual draining. True love doesn’t strip you of your voice, your worth, or question your boundaries. Authentic love doesn’t ask you to bleed to prove it’s real or even have you jump through loops to prove your worth.

Trust is the soil love grows from. Without it, love becomes a performance. A mask. A transaction between you and someone else. To love authentically, we must trust not just the other person but also ourselves. We must trust that our vulnerability is not a weakness. That our truth is worth hearing. That when we open our hearts, we are not foolish we are courageous.

Trust allows love to soften us. To stay open when we’re tempted to close. To believe in connection even when we’ve been hurt. Trust is telling someone, “I see you, and I choose you.”

Seems like so many are being taught to love with conditions. To love only when it fits their narrative. To love only when it reflects back what they want to see. But real love asks for more. To listen when we want to defend. To apologize when we’re wrong and to respect someone’s soul.

I believe the world needs this kind of love. The kind that doesn’t run. The kind that doesn’t manipulate. The kind that remembers humanity,  tenderness, and authentic connections.

We’re not here to perform love. We’re here to be love and live it authentically. 

In a world encouraging division and flooded with distractions, it’s easy to forget that we were created to love one another. We were never meant to live in fear, to argue over borders, or to silence the voice of spirit that whispers truth into our hearts. Yet here we are, struggling to separate truth from manipulation.

It’s time to release judgment and come together in compassion. To listen deeper. To see beyond skin, class, belief, and background.

Love is not a luxury. It’s a necessity. We can not heal the wounds of the world by pointing fingers or building higher walls. We heal by realizing that we are all connected, all part of the same calling, which is to create a safe and love ‘home’ for ourselves and those we love. The divisions being influenced are illusions to keep many low vibrating.

Spirituality is not a trend. Our ancestors walked with it. Our children are born attuned to it, but society wants us to not remember.

Many are awakening, but remembering it’s not political, it is spiritual. And that’s why it threatens the systems built on fear and control. But we will not be silenced. Not anymore!

You don’t need permission to be love in action.
You don’t need a title to bring healing. You don’t need to wait for someone to save us because you hold that light in you. Each time you choose kindness, speak your truth, forgive, or raise your vibration, you are shifting the collective energy of the planet. That matters more than you know.

I’m hoping we all can start shifting into love and continue pushing the veil.

Flame Letters has been released

I suggest reading outloud to your inner child as a way of healing…

Dear little me,

I want to start this off and apologize to you first! I’m sorry that you had to experience those big emotions at such a young age without understanding what they mean. I know you tried hard to understand and make sense of it all, but that wasn’t your job as a child. I want to take those big feelings from you so you no longer have to carry them alone. I want to hold you and let you know how proud I am of you for trying to carry all that, but now it’s safe to hand it over to me… a carrying and trusting adult. I want to smile at you and remind you how proud of you I am for trying to still love those around you even if they let you down. Also, finding reasons to keep pushing through life despite the confussing heaviness you felt. I want to let you know that you are amazing, you are beautiful, and you are meant to do great things. It’s time to breathe because you are safe now. And lastly, my inner child, I want you to run to that playground and play and to no longer watch other kids play from the side. I got us now while you finally enjoy being a child, and while I navigate being an emotionally healthy adult.

Love always,

Me

Have to stop giving others too much of yourself that you lose yourself.  If they show you who they are, believe them, and it will save you later.. self love is about knowing your worth

Spiritually awakening is allowing your authentic self to breathe… we’ve been holding our breaths trying to conform to what society wants us to be, but when our souls can no longer hold our breath, we release and Spiritually Awaken to our true self…. shedding what no longer serves us and releasing what keeps us in a choke hold.

Allow yourself to live your authentic self because that’s what you’re meant to do. Change the world don’t let the world change you…