Category: Love

In Love Without Conditions, Reflections of the Christ Mind, Paul Ferrini asks: “Can you imagine a world in which each person understood that his only responsibility was to give and receive love?” Well, can you? The plain and simple Truth is this: Our ONLY responsibility in life is to be the LOVE that we are.… Continue reading Imagine Your Return to TRUTH

I have kept a file for some time of quotes that speak to me but which are too long to share on Twitter. Sometimes I share these quotes on Facebook and sometimes I use them to stimulate a posting to Secrets to Peace. It is my intention to start sharing, via Secrets more often. This… Continue reading I AM a Follower of Jesus

Why do we resist life as it is? Why is it that campaigns which promise to help us be, do, or have more, carry such great appeal? What if we could just thoroughly investigate who we are and examine the unique set of gifts and talents we bring to the mix, instead of hoping to… Continue reading Gifts from Family

We Do Have Love, Thank You for Reminding me! A couple nights ago I posted a quote from Jiddu Krishnamurti which said “There have been 15,000 wars in the last 5000 years and there is still no love, no compassion.” Just before I posted this I had spent about an hour reading fear-based posts from… Continue reading Got Love?

Saturday I needed to wash an oversized comforter and since this mission could be combined with some of my wife’s errands, I visited a small Laundromat out west of the city and stayed there for a couple of hours while cleaning the blanket. I was really pleased to see that I had the place all… Continue reading Testing my Growth

To be In-Love is to experience Heaven. I was not raised to think this way. It is something that life has taught me. I never believed in an afterlife heaven which some were entitled to and some were not based on the whims of some judgmental deity. That concept never resonated with me even when… Continue reading Heaven is at Hand

Prejudice is never intelligent. Prejudice is born of ignorance; Applying one observation To a whole class of individuals. Prejudice is embraced by small minds, who, in their fear, in their longing for safety, Are too shallow to realize, too UN-enlightened to understand that true safety exists only in openness:  in open minded, open hearted Expanded… Continue reading Prejudice Separates

Forgiveness offers Transformation When we look at humanity it is easy to take notice of our differences. Different genders, different races, different values, different passions, different habits, I could go on all day listing differences. There are whole careers which are built on discovering and exploring people’s differences, even within small subsets of society. But… Continue reading Forgivenss, The Greatest Secret to Peace

Labeling Separates, Loving Unites A lady I worked with looked at me and remarked, “You are always so kind. You must be a Christian.” I just smiled and said thank you. She was not content to just let the conversation end there. In her statement was an implied question and she wanted an answer. So,… Continue reading Love With Reckless Abandon

Love is What I AM It is interesting to me, as we evolve, how thoughts can change; how ideas can shift 180 degrees. Here is an example: When I was a teenager I was very careful about using the words “I Love You.” Loving someone was such a serious and complicated concept; I made myself… Continue reading What “I Love You” Means to Me