This I Believe

I have my beliefs and my faith, so why do I choose not to recite it’s teachings at such a great opportunity as this? Because too many of us have lost sight of something so much more fundamental, and so much more exceedingly important:Love. “Let all that you do be in love.” -1st Corinthians 16:14
I call to arms; be the champion of Love. Hold it dear and near and not let it sit on our tongues and become a queer stranger. We need to wrestle it to our bosom. We need to water it and feed it. Let it grow and let it spread to great fields and great forests. We need to let it take to the recesses of our lives so that it may find our refuges and heal us to venture forth again in the name and the spirit of love.
What has happened to common courtesy? Why are we so afraid to extend this touch of Love? I think there is a general fear in people to be vulnerable, and it is destroying us. Fear is the enemy of Love. Courtesies don’t leave you open to wounds. The wounds are caused by this loss of Love.
Why are children not hearing, “goodnight, sleep tight- I love you?” Where are the good night kisses and goodbye hugs? We nurture them for health, longevity and intellect, only without Love they’re ill, doomed and dumbed. Forced to subsist on a life without value or triumph.
What has happened to “love thy neighbor?” We cocoon ourselves with fearful agony. We stand our borders with suspicion, all the while letting gossip and slander poison our souls. Let us unite our divided lives and communities, and therefore unite humanity. Humanity is what we are supposed to be, after all; by definition and action.
We need to learn to Love. Love is an eager teacher. It does not ridicule or bash. It does not grade our performances with a callous hand. Love only stands silently hoping, silently waiting; ready to give us a hand to make a stand. Let us Love. Let us be Loved.