Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Geez, the word is so simple...the doing it, however, ain't.
I'm reminded of the first time I heard this smart-aleck in my sixth grade class say that "live" spelled backwards is "evil." I suspect that some adult said that to him, and I also suspect neither me nor he ever forgot it. Not that we would want to hold onto it...it's just sorta unforgettable.
I'm reminded of that story because it is chilling to me today. I mean, why would an adult tell that to a young child? Why not speak of love?
Love is hard enough to grasp after eighty years of living...as a child, we need all the expounding on love our little ears can hear...in order for it to start its journey from ear to brain to heart to its already home in our Soul. Face it, our understanding of love takes long stops at every station. To rest, to consider, to process, turning it over and over and over, to attempt to do and fail, then succeed, then rest, etc., etc., etc.
Learning love is our lifetime journey. Not to love...love is not a things-to-do action as if it were a chore.
We are born in love whether we know it or not. We live in love whether we know it or not. We have all the love there is to have whether we know it or not. What keeps us in ignorance of that is the oh-so-scary part: Giving it away. Not only must we give it away to keep it, we must give it away to even know we have it to give.
We learn love by living love, no matter what arrives in our eyes. No matter the human conflict. The first step in living love begins with just two words: Thank You.
Thank you.
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