Love has no agenda …

Love is Independent of fear, of everything …

Love stands alone. In the absence of fear, there IS only Love. But nothing is more paradoxical than love.

It is passion and peace. It is responsibility and freedom, strength and tenderness, rock solid and transparent. It is defenseless and invincible! It is neither pride nor shame.

Love is fearless, unifying, compassionate, and healing. Love is everything good; it is the force for good. It is pure and resolute, with no self-serving agenda, with no degrees or deviation.

Love is mine, yours, nobody’s, and everybody’s. It can’t be seen, or touched, or quantified; but it is everywhere. It is everything. It is the only thing that matters.

Let’s celebrate Love’s freedom!

Happy Independence Day!… More

As we pause to celebrate our nation’s freedom, it’s apparent that we as individuals determine its value to us.

We can — and must, if we are to be free — declare individual freedom; and we can do it on the same grounds:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

What are you doing with liberty? Perhaps you’ll join me in a fresh resolve to live your life unimpeded by what others would dictate. True happiness comes as a byproduct of doing that … and therein lies the glory of freedom.

John Adams wrote to his wife after Congress approved the Declaration of Independence: “It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”

So, let the fireworks begin — over and over again — until we no longer have to be reminded to live free!… More

We can get so caught up how it’s “supposed” to look that we bypass how it feels … and then wonder what went wrong.… More

And when we hear it, we also feel it. And when we feel it, we act on it. We align with it.… More

Remember the first time you fell in love? Nothing else mattered! Because for the moment, love made it all disappear.

Life would be simpler if we could lie down and wait for a magical kiss — or even one of Cupid’s arrows — and then walk off into the sunset and live happily ever after. I had my heart set on something more closely resembling that than what I got; but as it turns out, simpler isn’t better.

Along the way, I’ve had my share (OK, more than my share) of magical kisses, arrows and sunsets. There’s a lot of ground between those and happily ever after, though, and it’s under-covered in love stories.

Chances are, the first time you “fell in love” is really the first time you got infatuated. And infatuation is irrational and short-lived!

It feels bigger than life, though, like the moon and the stars, and everything you ever wished for all wrapped up in a titillating package that you can actually get your arms around! Well, temporarily.

When infatuation strikes, it’s generally unfounded; so, unless you move quickly to put a foundation under it, it fizzles. And, let’s face it, you’re way too busy making googly eyes to build a foundation.… More