Love

One word.

Love.

This is the secret to life.

Love.

It's so simple. Yet it's also paradoxical. Insofar that it is pervasive and yet so absent. Nature is all love. Humans are born out of love. We are the loving creatures of God. And yet it is widely absent for many people.

Why? Why is this fundamental concept, need, law, so absent from a lot of mankind. We all possess the ability to give love and to receive love. Why do we think that love is a weakness? That's pathetic. We all love it when someone shows their 'vulnerability' of love. It's sexy. We are drawn to the confidence. To the exclamation and self expression of truth.

Love.

Thy neighbor. It's biblical. 'Nough said.

Romans 13:9-10 "Love thy neighbor as yourself."

Love.

Thy self. From a spiritual perspective it all makes sense. Like an oxygen mask in an airplane– if you don't take care of yourself first how can you take care of others... Same goes for if you can't love yourself how do you expect others to love you. (Same goes for respect! And if you love yourself, you will respect yourself, and others will respect you.)

To that end, everything stems from love. EVERYTHING! Love should be everyone's core value. Without love nothing exists. Take whatever core value you want for your personal values and you can boil it down to love.

Love.

If we all focused on living life through love, the world would be a better place. Can you image a world where everyone made decisions out of love? I'm not saying all conflict would go away but it could be greatly reduced!

This includes any reactions. Love the person who wronged you. Have compassion. Because they did it out of an absence of love. Their act was a call for love. Forgive them. Forgive yourself (love yourself, so you can let go of the negative energy and move on with your life).

So take responsibility and love yourself. Love yourself so you can love others and so you can receive love from others. A life based on love is so much easier and less energy draining than a life not based on love. You are responsible for giving yourself the love you need. No one will give you all that you need. Only you can. Keep loving. And don't let anyone take that away from you. It makes the world a better place. And we all really need that right now. The universe needs it.

Stay beautiful!