Love is the source of the living waters that flow through the universe and that flow into us making us truly human. Love is what makes us kind, what makes us brave, what makes us creative, beautiful, joyful, hopeful, Love is what makes us merciful and just. Love makes us generous, patient and meek. Love is the force that meets us in our imperfect and broken condition, and love is what heals and restores us. Love flows from our eyes in tears of repentance, contrition and compassion, and love renews and empowers us.
Love teaches us to forgive and reconcile. Love teaches us to listen. Love enables us to teach and to learn. Love fills us with both wonder and dread before the beautiful mysteries of the universe, life and death. It is love that enables us to care, not only about the people in our lives, our circle, our bubble, but about those who live in our neighbourhood, our city, our province, our country and the world. There are no strangers where there is love. There are no distances where there is love.
It is love that connects us and reminds us constantly that we are connected. It is love that enables us to reach out to others in their need and brokenness, in dark and dangerous places. It is love that dares and challenges us to move and reach beyond our comfort zone. It is love that makes us recognize and accept our own broken condition. It is love that empowers us to laugh at ourselves. It is love that empowers us to make one another laugh.
Love sees persons and addresses humanity. Love seeks to connect the isolated, love seeks to heal the addicted, love seeks to heal the brokenhearted.
Love empowers us to be vectors of love. And love fills us with reverence and respect and tenderness towards all other living things, this very earth that sustains us, this very air that we breath, this very water that cleanses and refreshes us, this very fire that consumes all the refuse, purifies us and empowers us to move forward.
Love is our beginning and love is our end. And love is our journey towards our eternal destination, which is Love.
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