Love is not a feeling; it’s kindness.
It’s wonder at another’s being,
and our shared being in God,
a celebration of our oneness.
To love someone is to honor them as a soul,
regardless of their actions,
and to commit to their well-being.
Love has no room for judgment,
for being in control or being right,
even being “better” than an awful person.
It is only kindness.
Love sets aside our feelings, even our fear,
and our self-interest.
Love is willing to be weak, to be wrong,
to be hurt, to be misunderstood,
for the sake of the other.
Love is not a product of our effort,
but a gift flowing through us:
we are the riverbank and God is the river.
Our feeble love—and we ourselves—
are made whole and perfect
by God’s love flowing through us.
We receive and give.
We breathe in and breathe out.
Love flows through us into all the world.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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