A LESSON IN LOVING...FROM ME TO ME

Morning blinding flash of the obvious: I need to risk extending love un-self-consciously with no hope of receiving love or even acceptance in return. 

Un-self-consciously is the spiritual key. I'm guessing unselfconscious is God-conscious, or the gates ajar at any rate. 

It is our thoughts that need spiritual guidance...our mouth knows better today, "better" meaning to stay closed. Too often, though, that gives thoughts free rein, and free rein to our thoughts is akin to a fire sale at Macy's...chaos.

To openly give of our self...not through self-will, but through the Spirit within...starts with unselfconsciously extending our hand, a word of welcome, our thoughts for the other.

All of that was learned in junior high school etiquette class...knowing how to becomes quite mechanical over the years. We are on the spiritual path going in an entirely new and higher direction now, and all of those words have become just so many words. 

Face it, this is where I do not know is the only acceptable answer to just about anything we are seeing in a new light. 

The way to love, not to get but to give, is not to choose to whom, but virtually blindfolded to extend welcome to whomever...without overwhelming. Ah, there's reasoning mind setting up limitations. When, not if, we are unselfconsciously extending love, we trust God, always at the helm. 

We extend love to whomever is present...and try not to be aghast when "whomever" is the one person we've recently been less than loving to "because they were a jerk to me first." 

Show our happy face and trust. That's as good a start as we're likely to get for however long it takes...however long we take. 

Keep it simple, Stupid: Love and laugh.

Thank you.