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What is love actually supposed to feel like?

expansion leadership presence self-awareness Feb 16, 2026

I’ve always been a lover of love.
Not the “one day a year, buy a card and flowers because the calendar says so” kind of love.

Sadly, for so many people… that’s the only romance they get.

I’ve always prided myself on being romantic, thoughtful, generous with surprises throughout the year. Random Tuesdays. Ordinary mornings. Grocery store runs.

Because the way I see it, I’m lucky to be married to my wife.
get to love her.

My goal every day when I wake up is simple:
How can I make my wife feel like a Goddess today?

Not, “I did good yesterday, I can coast.”
Every. Single. Day.
She deserves to feel adored.

Think of every viral novel series or movie trilogy with a profound love story…
There’s always that man who adores his person.
He desires her, cherishes her, protects her, only has eyes for her.

We all want that kind of love.
To feel chosen, safe, seen, wanted.
To be in a relationship where both people are on fire for each other and on mission together.

Over the years, supporting couples and watching my own relationship evolve, I’ve noticed something powerful:
When you do the inner work, love doesn’t just deepen…
Everything does.

More love.
More intimacy.
More money.
More joy.

Because when your relationship is aligned, your entire life upgrades.

Love, at its highest expression, isn’t about grand gestures once in a while.
It’s about the daily decision to:

  • See your partner with fresh eyes

  • Speak to them with reverence and respect

  • Choose curiosity over defensiveness

  • Allow them to grow, and grow alongside them

It’s not a fairy tale.
It’s a practice.

And it starts with who you choose to be inside the relationship.


A simple exercise for you and your partner

If this vision of love resonates, try this together sometime this week:

  1. Sit down somewhere quiet and ask each other:

    • “When do you feel most adored by me?”

    • “What is one small thing I could do more often that would make you feel deeply loved?”

  2. Listen without interrupting, defending, or explaining.
    Just receive.

  3. Choose one thing from what they share—and commit to practicing it daily for the next 7 days.

Notice what shifts.
Not just in them…
But in you.

Because the kind of love we all dream about isn’t “out there” in the movies.
It’s built, moment by moment, by two people who decide to show up as love—on purpose.

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