love is the answer
“Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you’ve got to let it grow.”
- John Lennon
This morning I knew I was supposed to write about love—hence the John Lennon quote. But, as I sat down to write what came to me, I kind of struggled. This is usually my sign to pick up a book and a passage will reveal itself to me.
I have a few books I like to refer to when I feel the Universe is telling me to bring someone else’s words to my Notes, and today I picked up Melody Beattie’s Journey To The Heart; since today is my birthday, I thought I’d check out the passage for today instead of opening to a random page, which is what I usually do.
And here is what Melody had for us today:
"Watch out for greed—greed for money, for resources, for love. Greed can slowly corrupt the heart. Greed can slowly take over our lives. Greed and fear can block our connection with the universe, and with universal love.
Let go of the fears of deprivation, of doing without, that haunt you from the past. Having more and more won’t solve your problems if what you need is to heal your fears. Look around with love at your life and the people in it. If you open your heart and look without fear, you may see that you have enough now.
Go back to your heart. Let love, not fear and greed, lead the way. Be led by your desire to joyfully serve, by the desire to bring your gifts, your healing, your comforts and talents to others. Go back to your heart as often as you need. And remember what is honorable and true. Say to those you love, “ths is what I shall give. And I’ll give it because me heart leads me to do so.”
Melody ends each passage with a short meditation:
The universe is abundant. Take your part,
Take your place, in universal love. Go
back to your heart. Give from the heart.
And the universe will respond in kind.
Whenever in doubt, default to love.
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See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,
JC
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