I was interviewing my friend Stan Dale for my podcast - Sex, Love & Intimacy - and he said that everyone was an angel. Looking in the dictionary Stan found that the word “angel” comes from the Greek word for messenger (angelos). Stan thinks that every human being is a messenger of love.

Whenever I have occasion to be in a hospital I like to visit the baby nursery area and look at those beautiful beings so full of life. Each baby is perfect. Just looking at them I find myself smiling. I can clearly see that every child born is essentially an angel.

Then life happens. We grow up (hopefully). We learn “the rules“. The rules for getting along in our family. The rules for getting along in school. The rules for getting dates, getting kissed, getting loved, getting by. And somewhere in all that learning we forget that we are messengers of love. And we forget that everyone around us are also messengers of love.

At some point in our life most of us begin to believe that love is a scarce commodity. We search for “the one” that will fill our life with love. And when we think we’ve found that one we hold on tight, hoping we can make love stay.

I believe in love. I love being in relationship with my one special someone, my life partner, my lover, my mate. And I sincerely wish that everyone who wants it could find what I have everyday with my sweetie.
I know that what I practice is what I get good at. I think one reason that my partner and I are so happy is that we practice loving. I’ve taken Stan’s words to heart and I do my best to see everyone I meet as a messenger of love. I don’t fall in love with everyone, I rise in love. I take it as a matter of faith that if I just open my heart to each and every person in my life my life gets filled with love.

All around me people are sharing their love. All around me people are receiving my love. All around me are angels. All around you are angels. And just like Stan says - you are an angel.