Check out the little kid in this photo with his doggie. They are just in the present, playing in the living moment.
That's where love lives.
In our fast-food culture, we like to twist love into a game of Monopoly. "See how much I can collect." "See how much I can win." "Let's see what I'm worth." That's something else. That's not love.
Love is not a winner or a loser. Love is a dance. Love is a song.
Its nature is simply to give and give and give and give. To play and to sing. No approval is needed. No grades. No judgement.
The Sun shines everyday, unconditionally. It doesn't bother about whether or not we deserve the life-giving energy it shines! No! The Sun doesn't wait for our encouragement or applause. No! Its nature is simply to give.
The Sun doesn't discriminate. The Sun doesn't know an Israeli from a Palestinian, neither does love. It can't tell gay from straight. It just shines on.
Love is a gift and you can't earn it, so stop trying. Love is free!
And if you don't understand this, you won't understand love.
I have learned from personal experience that until we sort out our own definition of love, we will never be happy. We will never have enough. We will always feel frustrated and fearful, under-appreciated and mostly lonely.
But, like the Sun, weren't we created to give light? To give love?
We were all created to share who we are with the world.
Shine your light as brightly and consistently as humanly possible everyday.
That's what love does. And that's all that matters.
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