I am not someone who has the desire to set out to change other people (for the most part anyway). Ask my ex-boyfriends and they may argue otherwise. And perhaps that says more about me than I would like. Oh well... I guess I can live with that if the shoe fits (me).
What I mean is this: I cannot pretend to understand what life is like in your shoes. And I would certainly hope that you would extend to me a similar offering.
But what I have come to understand with relative certainty is that the most Supreme force in existence is love. From where I stand, it is love that is the ultimate trump card.
From love stems the most bountiful and gracious elements of our beings (and furthermore, beyond our beings). From a place of love we may also be so humbled to encounter true compassion, forgiveness, honesty, awakening and surrender. The rest are just the details.
I suppose I am moved to write about love tonight, because from where I sit, I am fortunate enough to be surrounded by so much of it: my family.
Last week, a very good friend of mine suffered a great loss in his family. And when I went about completing the mundane tasks of my daily life, I couldn't help but notice the sinking feeling I had on my shoulders that hovered about me like a heavy winter jacket. There was a sadness looming in the air that I couldn't shake. But what I came to realize over the ensuing days, was the undeniable fact that I was not alone in this feeling... far from it. All of the friends who know and love this person, felt a weight of sorrow for the experience he is facing.
There was a collective feeling of loss that we felt for our friend. Though we may not know the loss in the same way as he who had directly suffered it, that did not prevent us from feeling the gravity of it all and carrying it around with us too. Why? Because we love our friend. We love him so much that we are profoundly affected by what happens to him whether it is good or bad.
Now imagine that you love your country, your heritage, or even better: our planet... What collective state of mourning, of joy, and unity, would we feel if we could all relate to one another under such a common thread of pure goodness? I imagine that the effects would be quite profound.
I guess I am coming from that insane and innocent idea that we should all really, really, really, really try to get along. And that in the end, bitterness, resentment and hostility only serve to corrupt our own inherent goodness and spiritual growth.
I'm on a tangent here; I seek to promote and become a great advocate for true, honest, forgiving, relentless, tireless, simple, sweet, compassionate and unwavering love.
Because there is no greater human emotion than this in my humble opinion.
Love comes in many forms. And love is tested in arguably many more forms. But what we do when we are given such a tremendous offering of the heart speaks volumes to our own spiritual journey with the Divine, as well as within ourselves.
To my parents, I have to offer all my gratitude, for showing me a very real and unvarnished path to love and in love. Theirs is a love story that I have no doubt Shakespeare himself would've envied the chance to have committed to the page for future generations to romanticize, memorize and repeat.
And even better... they have passed on to me an appreciation for such a love.
Whether it is a love of your family, your friend, a country or even better yet, a neighbor, my sincerest hope is that we may all experience love in its most real form.
You know, I'm just a simple person. I have hopes, dreams and aspirations. I am not afraid of working hard. But what I truly wish with all my heart for my time here on Earth, and for yours too no matter who you are, is to have experienced ample and honest love in this life.
Like I said before; the rest are just the details.
Wishing you all lots of love, wherever you may be. And know that you are never alone.
Today:
Cuba Libre
1 oz Rum
Splash of Coca Cola
On the Rocks!
Garnish with a lime wedge!!
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