What a day to start a new blog, a loverly day full of hearts 'n flowers 'n chocolates. But what if love is deeper than that? What if true love extends beyond one other person to include trees 'n sky 'n mountains 'n animals 'n people who don't look like me? Is that possible?Such love comes with awakening to the oneness of Being. With awakening comes awareness, and with awareness come acceptance, enjoyment, and enthusiasm. In this new paradigm, this emerging paradigm, the awakened one acts in ways that differ from our cultural norms. She finds enjoyment in what she does; she is enthusiastic about what she does; and she accepts what she must do that she neither particularly enjoys nor is especially enthusiastic about doing. That's when she knows deep inside that she really loves.
Love is a word, and words can be depleted and devalued. In our culture we have cheapened the word love by saying, "I love dill pickles!" and "I loved that movie!" and "Love means never having to say you're sorry" (a line from the novel and 1970 film Love Story starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal).
Instead of using the word love, I have begun to say "compassion" to get my point across. To say I love people is limp and wimpy, as is saying I care about people. If I have compassion, however, maybe I'm actually doing something to show that I care and that the person matters to me. When I sign my posts with "love" now, I hope you know that love includes compassion, caring, acceptance, and enthusiastic joy.
, Bonnie
1 comment:
Great idea for a blog. Your post reminds me of how I was not able to say "I love you" to Joe for quite awhile because it sounded almost trite or for rote in comparision to how I was feeling, so I settled on say "I'm loving you," which made it feel more active and ongoing. xo
I look forward to reading more.
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