"Love starts with an attitude, not a feeling."
So said Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages.
Sometimes it's not the language, but the heart, the spirit, the attitude.
Help us remember. We bring more than language, we speak a universal language of what we bring in the room and into relating.
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.
"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
"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
"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
"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
