Tuesday, October 25, 2022

LIVE NOT TO GET LOVE BUT TO GIVE LOVE

Gandhi insisted that the creative force of the universe, love, is the force that we humans must learn to exercise because that force is the only force that can cause the human race to do God’s will. -- Fr Richard Rohr's Daily Mediation, October 24, 2022

Well. And whoa. Off the top of my head, there is the answer, The answer that I've sought for-seems-like-ever...i.e., love, universal impersonal love. 

My question, how do I get God's will, Love? 

Things I've tried: The brain...as in, figuring it out; self-will...as in, doing what I want to do, hoping it is God's will; wishful thinking...as in, doing nothing for fear of being wrong, wishing that would work...etc., etc., etc.

Things I've thought would work:  Acting sweet, kind, considerate, lovable and generous...in order to get love, or more truthfully, to get my idea of love. Love is not about getting it, love is about giving it...to get is a self-determined objective, not of God. 

My question, now: How do I do God's will, Love? 

The answer:  ...the creative force of the universe, love, is the force that we humans must learn to exercise because that force is the only force that can cause the human race to do God’s will. 

We already have it! Love...we must give it away to keep it.

Thank you.

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