Mostly of LOVE … (08/14/15)
It’s true for all of us that we have been hurt quite a bit in life. We have all been criticized by our parents & all been harmed by our friends. We have all been abandoned by our lovers & all been slandered by our enemies. We have all been confined by our beliefs & all been tortured by our desires … And yet it is just as True that we have all Loved greatly, and all been Loved mightily in return. And it is the greatest Truth of all that this LOVE carries a much greater Power than any fear or any pain; a much greater weight that stabilizes us — a much stronger current that carries us — a much more solid Strength supports us.
And in the end (for some of us much sooner than that), we will realize that this is so; we will look back on our lives and see that by far the greatest portion of it all was LOVE. The problems and the fears and the suffering and the sadness were all real, of course, and yet LOVE was always there; right there beside us and right there within us — a bright ray of warmth ever shining from Sun to Soul … And in that moment we will also realize that all that was ever asked of us was to claim it. All that was ever asked of us was to open our hands and allow LOVE’s Light to fill our open palms, and then to open our Hearts and let that warm radiance shine upon all those nearby who might still be shivering in the darkness …
Yes, when I pause this morning to look back on the life I have already lived, I can see it clearly now; I can see that LOVE was always with me. I didn’t always claim it — in fact, I often ignored it completely. And yet it was always there nonetheless; always there sitting quietly; always there with a gentle smile on its face; always there waiting gently & patiently to be courageously claimed by being boldly given.
And so it is today that I remember this Truth … So it is today that I feel the Light of LOVE within me and see the Light of LOVE around me … So it is today that I hold out my palms to catch the Light of LOVE from above and open up my Heart to send out that same warmth into my life … And so it is today that I go forth to let those Lights reunite in the eyes and the minds and the spirits of everyone I meet — so it is today that I go forth to be a LOVE-Light-bringer to the world; to do so in every sanctuary and to do so on every street corner.
Amen … Let it be so.
(~ inspired by Sarah Dessen)
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