If I were sure I loved...

 C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity, said - ask yourself,:

“If I were sure that I loved God, what would I do?” When you have found the answer, go and do it."

Ponder that thought, and then go and do.

Sentiment or Commitment

 "Love not just a feeling - it's an action.

 Love is service.

...Loving others is more than just a sentiment; it's a commitment to serve, to uplift, and to act."

page 61,62

Anne Neilson

Christmas Angels

Compelled Love is no love at all

 "Real love is simply not possible without freedom of choice.

Compelled love is never love, and so the possibility of love entails the possibility of pain.

....For love to exist, freedom must exist."

Amy Orr-Ewing

Don't Chase, Invite!

 "Love is not something we chase; it is something we invite by creating space within ourselves and our lives..."...Openness becoming ready to receive and share love in its most authentic and transformative form."  

Aida Murad

page 205

in her beautiful book:  Life is a Miracle

...So you know you are loved...

 "You should pray and meditate every day, so you know that you are loved, so you feel the presence of God's love in your life.  This is the only way you can truly help others and serve the poorest of the poor.  

We have to give a full heart, one that is saturated with love, overflowing to others.

Before we can give freely, we have to know that we are loved.

This is why you should pray and meditate every day.

So you can remember you are loved, letting it fill your heart and your body.

Let it fill every cell of your being.

Then, give it all away."

Mother Teresa

What is visible when you work?

"Work is love made visible."

Kahlil Gibran

How do you harmonize the balance?

We harmonize and balance necessary self-care with a constant expansion beyond ourselves to loving others. This is brilliant! It’s both simple and elegant, showing us how to love our neighbor as our self. Imagining and working toward this harmony keeps us from seeking impossible, private, and heroic ideals. Now the possibility of love is potentially right in front of us and always concrete. Love is no longer a theory or a heroic ideal. Love is seeking the good of as many as possible.

                                    (from Richard Rohr's Daily Meditations, 

                                                                from the Center for Action and Contemplation,                             

                                     5/27/2024)