Rainbow - this is a tough issue. We all seek and need love. It's so complicated because what is it exactly that looks and feels like love? And is it possible, really, to get the kind of love we need from another person? I doubt it.

This past week I had been looking for a symbol in the guise of a figurine that would represent my core 'me'. As you probably already know, our core selves have everything we need. We are whole.

Amazingly I found a figurine that represents a good portion of what I understand to be our true nature. It is a girl/fairy lying on her back on a horse. She is relaxed and holding up in her hands a baby raccoon.

Now, this may not seem special but the symbolism is alive for me. She feels so safe that she can allow herself to be vulnerable lying on her back. She is confident but also very loving as she plays with the baby animal. Her wings allow her freedom to go where she wants without restriction. The horse is beautiful and supports her with a solid foundation.

She exudes confidence, playfulness, love, joy, freedom, safety, strength, vulnerability (without fear), self-confidence, giving - and all good things.

And this is who we are deep within ourselves. When we reach that awareness and feel it throughout our being, we will finally have a profound sense of comfort in our own skins and will not need to seek it without anymore.

All that we need is within.