Most of us have heard the saying: Love your neighbors as you love yourself. If we look around, it is pretty clear with all that is going on in the world, that we don’t love our neighbors. So does that mean we don’t love ourselves? I would say YES. When you get down to what it actually means to love yourself, there can be no reasonable answer other than we don’t love ourselves and it is being mirrored…..
Fear only requires one thing – and enemy to focus upon. The man who shot a congressman and others focused his fear on Republicans. The cop who shot a man reaching for his wallet in his car focused his fear upon black men. The man who knifed and killed people in Portland focused his fear upon Muslims. The group of young men who beat and tied to a fence a young gay man focused their fear upon gays. The people who…..
PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL TOWARDS MEN. As the light returns and the nights begin to grow shorter, let your light shine for all to see. The world needs your heart. So offer it freely to all you meet with no exceptions. Then and only then can “Peace on Earth and Goodwill Towards Men” become our truth. It begins with you! You are more powerful than you realize. Your heart can change the world. Peace and Love to all. …..
Take a moment today to send some love to the peoples of Syria. It doesn’t matter what your politics are or what religion you practice. Our humanity is being tested. The brutality that is happening is happening to us all. I have faith that at some point we as a people will see war and violence as unacceptable and choose peace over war but until that time, please hold these lovely people in your heart. Take a moment today and…..
Much love to Bangladesh. Don’t let those who are bloodthirsty cause you to become like them. Stay rooted in love and have faith that love is the only antidote for hate. Don’t let those who spout we must fight fire with fire convince you that the only way towards peace is with war. In truth, the only way towards peace is through understanding, cooperation, and harmony. Eventually, enough of us on this planet will understand that killing in any form…..
Much love to Istanbul, Turkey. It is never more important than now to keep our hearts open. It is when the whole world is full of rage and anger that we must stay in love for all on this planet. The only path to PEACE is through love and understanding. Love builds. Hatred & fear destroy. Choose LOVE. Let there be PEACE and let it begin with ME! Until next time be the light the world needs…..