The More You Love
Bestow the happy, the love, upon every person you meet. Do not parcel it out like candy for a well-behaved child, casting it upon those you judge as worthy of it. Do not deliver it based on how you think it will be received or responded to.
That’s strings attached love, conditional.
Do not hold your love in reserve waiting for the day your beloved will prove to you that they deserve it. You are short selling yourself and the world around you if you impart your love like this. You are choosing disconnection to Self and to others.
Think of specific offerings—words and affections—you want to receive and give them to others; No hemming and hawing; No delay. If it drops into your head with the swiftness and ease of a falling pinecone in autumn, that’s your sign to do it. Store meaningful dates and events in your phone. Remind yourself to inquire if your friend got the job, to wish them comfort on the anniversary of their parents’ death, and to ask how the scary doctor appointment went.
The rewards from the extra thirty seconds it takes to take loving action is three-fold: It strengthens your character, it strengthens your friendships, and it makes someone’s day.
You may inspire someone to pass kindness along to those who cross their path. You may create a domino effect of high energy, contagious love, like thousands of arms unfurling through the air at a Yankees game. You have the power to engage countless people with one simple offering, to change lives if you push outside your comfort zone. Do not talk yourself out of stepping into the light. Don’t tell yourself false stories due to your own discomfort. The point is to sacrifice your comfort for the sake of brightening someone else’s day.
You will grow your character and move further toward your truth: You are the light of love.
Seek opportunities to feel love and mindfully step into them. Become aware of the love that is present. Embody it, then give it away. Then give it away some more. The more you practice being love and giving it away, the easier it will become to spot, step into, and offer.
The more you love, the more you can love.
