Love

Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own home. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor . . . Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.”~ Mother Teresa

During the time which is going on continuously, I have come to realize that what makes us so special and unique is our ability to be selfless, compassionate and kind. Our ability to be there for the people we care about and share with them even the little you have, without expecting something in return. We are here to be LOVE and spread love and kindness through even the smallest gestures we make because I know now that the more we share, the more love and gratitude will be shown to us and that’s all that matters at the end of the day.

I know now that spreading love and kindness doesn’t always have to be something big and it can be done with any chance you got. You can do it by helping an older person cross the street, giving a stranger directions, giving up your seat on the bus to someone else or just by simply smiling at the sales person from the grocery store, help your spouse with the dishes and so forth. These are small gestures that make a great difference in peoples’ lives and you may never know how that might light up their day.

The starting point of happiness is to practice giving love, instead of taking love. We may complain about our environment, sometimes even lashing out at others through blame, anger, resentment, or hatred. When we wake up to the fact that we started with nothing and received help from many people, we can be grateful for what we have been given and what we already have, and therefore strive to give back to society through our actions. It all depends on the attitude we choose to have.

Then, what is love?

Love is a blessing. Love is giving courage, strength, and hope to the people we meet in our lives. Love is the will to help everything develop and to create harmony. Giving love is compassion, or a merciful heart.

A true love is a selfless love

It is a love that sets others free instead of binding, imprisoning, or enslaving them. A true love is pure and doesn’t expect any reward, gratitude, or thanks from others. It is a love that wishes for the happiness of others without expecting anything in return.

False love is a love that takes and expects something in return. False love is egotistic, selfish, deceptive, and two-faced. False love, or taking love, wants to capture someone and control his or her mind. It is a love with attachments.

The principles of the universe are very simple. True love is given for nothing, for free. The source of love is God, who is Love Itself. Can we believe this? Can we understand this? Are we willing to live according to these Truths or not? The answers to these questions can shape the course of our lives.