What is at the Heart of the Matter? When one talks about love, about compassion, about understanding, what is that all about? Can someone truly love, and if they can, do they ever really experience it? These are all good questions, but in reality, these are questions that can only be answered by the one asking them. What I want to do today is simply share my views on love, and really why love has to be, no exception, has to be center stage in each person's life, or nothing but trouble will come from it. Now I didn't say being in love, or loving someone had to be center stage. What I'm saying is love must be the motivator in everything you do, every day, all the time, period, end of story. Is it easy to operate out of love at all times? No not really, but what helps is when you know what love really is, and what it is not.
There are all levels of love in life. We start out with Puppy Love, that first real crush we had on someone. There's the love for a job, a home, a different part of the world. There's romantic love, love for a child, love for a pet. It all comes from the same place, and even though there are different levels, love is simply love. Many people struggle with the idea of love, many never feel they experience it, many want it so desperately they would do anything for it. Before you go beating yourself over the topic of love, let's take a step back and look at the foundations of love.
We were created to love because we were created from love. I'm not talking love from your biological parents, I am talking the love from the Creator of the Universe. This love is without spot or wrinkle. This love is unadulterated. This love can never be altered, nor can it ever be retracted. Sadly far too many people do not realize this, and they look for love in all the wrong places. I'm going to make a comment, and although you may disagree I'm going to make it anyway. If you are unable to love yourself, if you are unable to see the greatness in your design, in your creation, then the love of your life could be looking you in the face and you would never recognize it. If you cannot see you were created from love then you will never be able to feel love, show or feel compassion, be moved by those things that cry out for love. I love who I am. It's not love in a conceited way, I simply love me because I was placed here in the perfection of the Universe, and because of that I can receive all the love that my Creator has for me. I feel so bad when I see people who walk around empty of compassion. It's not that they can't show compassion that saddens me, it is they are unable to receive love because they do not see the love that their entire life has been based on.
Your heart is the center of your being. Your heart cries out to display compassion, to feel and give love. You can spot someone void of love simply by their ability, or inability to show compassion. When you observe this you are seeing someone who probably has never felt love, or maybe just rejected it, and that is total sadness in my eyes. Believe it or not I learned more about unconditional love by having my dogs. It may sound silly, it may sound childish, but they love unconditionally, and almost by osmosis you begin operating the same way. I can come home from a rough, rough day at work and they want nothing more than love and attention. Here's the thing, they don't demand love, they simply want it, they want to show it, and it brings them joy to display love to their mommies and daddies.
Let's cut to the chase and tell you why love is so vitally important in your life. If your life is void of love then you will attempt to fill that void with any number of things, and in most cases what you fill it with will ultimately bring you to a place you do not wish to be in, nor did you ever expect to find yourself in. I'm not saying this to put fear in you. I'm saying this because love is so wonderful, it is so edifying, it is daily nourishment, daily rejuvenation. Love which operates in one's life will keep you young, it will manifest endless joy. But I so need to say this again, if you cannot find it in yourself to love yourself, then you will never experience true love, and the void will simply get bigger, and bigger, and eventually what you fill that void with will overcome you, and not in a good way.
The world is loaded with books about love. Movies celebrate it, television is loaded with it, but the single most important thing to remember about all that is published is that it is not you, and only you can receive love. I've been in situations where I cried out for love, never expecting to find true love, and often wondering what was wrong with me. Well what was wrong is that I did not know who I was, didn't love who I was, and subsequently was never in a place to receive love. I'm telling you, love yourself, and love will find you.
Love is always going to be tested, because we live in a world of imperfection. We make mistakes, we often say things we really don't mean, and many times we strike out at those who love us the most. We are human, and as such we are going to botch things up from time to time. True love however, no matter the circumstances will last an eternity. For those who have found true love, it is a thing to be cherished. For those seeking it, it is something to hold on to and extend your faith that it is there. Who we love, let's face it, we really don't choose it. It simply happens, and often happens when you least expect it, and from people you never expected it from.
The sad truth about love is that far too many people discount love's importance. So many people will say they don't need love for success. Many will say they don't need love for happiness. I say that that is simply because they have never experienced love in the first place. Do you truly love your fellow man? Is compassion your way of life, or is showing compassion and love only when it is convenient? Love truly does conquer all things. Love, when truly appreciated, truly understood, and freely received will change any life, without regard to circumstances, or status in life.
Absolute love needs to be accepted absolutely. Absolute love is a gift given to you because you were created from love. When you can accept the Creator's Love, you will never be without it in your life, and then and only then can you share it. When we truly share love, we must do so without any expectation of pay back. Certainly it will be paid back, but you cannot orchestrate or design the way it will come back to you. Absolute love is natural, and it must be treated as thus. When you know you are loved nothing else can hurt you. When you know you are loved you will walk in your power, in your might, in your perfection, in your beauty. Based on that life will be very, very good when you begin to accept absolute love, and walk in that love. Love will conquer all things. It is time to embrace love, show love, live love, love love, and know that others will be blessed as you walk in love.
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