Inspiration

Greetings Sir Jayman On your last issue you wrote about Observations, Thoughts, and Feeling & Wants. When ever I think about what you mentioned, I think about “LOVE”. I’ve tones of questions about this subject but I’ve tried to jot down some of it.

“Do we have to love our self first to love others or love others first and then love our self?”
Some people say to love others first we have to love our self. Some say if we love others we will love our self too. What do we mean “to love”? What is love? How do we love every thing equally? Is there a measurement for love? What about the desire to love? How far can we desire love? Can we compare the desire of love with the desire to have wealth and health or how far can we think, if we have wealth and health, we will have love or if we have love we will have all the wealth and health. Some can say if I have wealth I can do this and that, I can even buy happiness to others and based on that I can have all the love of others. What about those who say if I’ve love others will share their wealth with me.
Lots of people have written about “love”. Talented once have sung a song about it, some have cried, some have laughed about love, how about those who were disappointed or bracken heart because of love, how about those who took the life of loved once? We have also witnessed people giving their life so others will live. Can we compare love with other deeds or love is a general term for a living thing on earth or for that matter the universe, since we don’t know they may be others living on another planet who is sharing our feelings.

OK!! What if we STOP thinking about love… STOP PERIOD….NO LOVE…remember no hate... no love.
 

I certainly do not qualify to answer your million dollar questions about Love. However, I can share what I think/know of love.

Do we have to love our self or others first?

I did ask the same exact question once. Here is what I got...
The golden rule says
"Love your neighbor as yourself" Also, we know God is love and he created us in his own image. Therefore, we are love; I do not see the reason to love our self but to realize that we are love.

What is lvoe?

My definition of love is 1 Corinthians 13. No doubt about love.

How do we love every thing equally?

Love is not a feeling. It's an action. Definitely, there is different level of love. The ultimate love is self sacrifice. Do you know a person who has sacrificed himself to another? I am sure you do. He said it all.

Desire of love, measurement of love, wealth and health compare to love, songs of love and etc...?

Certainly it is our God given choice to entertain on such issues. However, I chose to look into the Bible when it comes to Love. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, says it all to me.

OK!! What if we STOP thinking about love… STOP PERIOD….NO LOVE…remember no hate... no love?

Well, just STOP and tell me what chappens next. You do not have think about this one, just do it.


Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
 

I don’t see any thing wrong in thinking about the past or worrying about the future as long as we don’t make it our existence. The past is what makes us who we are right now and the future is the result of our present action.
It seems like the post assumes (my apologies if I misread) that we are dwelling only on the negatives or the bad judgments we made in the past. What about the amazing experiences that we shared with friends and family whether it is the breathtaking time spent with the kids, laughter, heartbreak, feeling of pride or disappointment, as well as ours or friends’ achievements in various aspects of life? I digress.
The moment is just an insignificant (relatively speaking) amount of instance when compared to the past or the future. As a result, I think that most of our time should be spent thinking about past events that made this moment possible or planning about the future. I look at the past as ones favorite movie that you want to watch over and over again. Yes, it may have some unpleasant scenes; however, it is still awesome. The future is a script that is in progress which is a collection of moments so live it so you can enjoy the performance tomorrow with no regrets. I pray that may God be with us and guide us in every single moment.
 

Thank you for sharing your thoughts Tseday. I do appreciate your comments and feed back. You do bring a new insight into this article.

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