Worthy of Love

Mark Nepo ask us to have "the faith to believe that each of us is worthy of love, just as we are." (p. 93, The Book of Awakening)

He later ask us to "imagine them loving you if you did nothing. Imagine yourself loving yourself if you did nothing." (p. 94 ibid)

That's a hard reach for most of us. We can't imagine a God who truly loves, much less people loving us-if they know us! Then to even fathom loving ourselves in spite of who we know we are as well. Accepting is one step, loving is a leap...

Love Their Love - Inspire By Yours

Wendy Williams Show featured a segment called, "I Love Their Love." She highlights peoples love relationship. She tells how their love relationship inspires her. She wants us to be encouraged to also live love relationships that inspire those around us. Take her cue, let your love relationships spur others to reflect the same kind of genuine care and delight in their relationships.

Oh to put it all together

The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give. The joy of life is to love. ~William Arthur Ward

Solving the World's Problems

My husband said today: "Is there not any problem in this world, that loving your neighbor would not remedy?"

Think about that! If we all loved our neighbor, we'd have no robberies, no murders, no slander, no...need I go on.

It's a powerful thought: Jesus gave us all we need to make this world a better place - and us better citizens.

Love = Energy

"Love is energy of life." Robert Browning, the English poet (1812-1889) may have penned this after he met the love of his life, Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Not Loving Can Be Deadly - to ourselves

"He who does not love abides in death." I John 3:14.

"Notice that he did not say, "he who hates," but simply, "he who does not love."

The mere absence of love is deadly...

Notice also that he did not say, "he who is not loved," ... our purpose cannot be to get others to love us." The author concludes: "Our purpose must then be to become one who loves...

Love is not a feeling...it is the divine way of relating to others and oneself..."

(p. 520, 521-ebook, Renovation of the Heart, Dallas Willard)

One Definition of Love

"...What exactly is love? It is will to good or "benevolence." We love something or someone when we promote its good for its own sake. Love's contrary is malice, and its simple absence is indifference. Its normal accompaniment is delight..." (p. 186 (ebook version) Renovation of the Heart, by Dallas Willard)