I am grateful knowing one universal characteristic of love…
one that’s easy for everyone to spot:
It’s when we look around the world…
how Love, itself, is a polyglot!
It is easy in all the different countries…
everywhere we are fortunate enough
to be glancing, glimpsing or peeking…
to see peoples’ love…
even when we don’t understand
the language they are speaking.
Every year in this county and across the world…
common words that were once easy to repeat…
become antiquated and obsolete.
May we be blessed that soon
in all the diverse languages across the world we create…
some words will no longer be in use:
words like war, and prejudice and hate.
If not for us…then for our children…
Wouldn’t it be great in the future if with everyone they meet
all the callous, cruel and heartless words
were already obsolete.
I sat down to write my thoughts…and in my mind create
some rationale…some logic…some reasoning for hate.
Knowing hate adversely affects everyone on Earth…
how those who are doing the hating…and those they hate
are both stripped of their value…their dignity…their worth.
I am puzzled how some members of the same human family
can treat others members with such disdain…
and the more hate I witness in the world…the more difficult I find it to explain.
When I look into some people’s hearts and hate is what I see…
I’m convinced that understanding hate…
is for those much more intelligent than me.
As I was frustrated with all the sadness and heartache
hate had me thinking of…
A voice from inside my head said…
stop thinking about hate…and try concentrating on love.
So I turned my thoughts to my friends and family…
thinking how precious they are to me…
I thought how I love the beauty of nature…everywhere I see.
I thought of all the people out there who are caring and loving and kind.,..
and before I knew it hate…was the furthest thing from my mind
Sometimes I need to be reminded…to refocus…to concentrate….
to remember we were created by love…to love…
not created by hate…to hate
I wonder if all those filled with hate at this moment…
would take the time to sit down and create…..
a list of all the things in life they love…
they might find…there is no room on their list…for hate.
And when people think more about love…they will act act out of love…
they will give and receive more love…every day…
and before they know it love will surround their hearts
and their hate will fade away.
It’s funny how I sat down to try to understand hate…
which only weighed down my somber heart with dread….
and how my heart was lifted up…
when I thought of love…instead.
May we be blessed to understand
how one person can change another person’s world…
by something they say or do…
How wonderful would it be if today…
that person who changes another person’s world
is you.
If our mission is a more humane society…
(something, one day, on which I hope we’re all agreed)
Then we should be protecting, caring and rescuing
anyone in need.
We should be making a better world for everyone we meet
everyone we see…
Doing our best to end homelessness, misery,
suffering and cruelty.
This is actually the mission of the Humane Society…
every day that’s what they strive to do…
but their mission is the humane treatment of animals…
It seems to me we need a humane society
who’s mission is the humane treatment of people…too.
I am grateful in all the years upon this Earth I’ve spent…
for understanding the meaning…the essence of contentment:
Contentment is not the fulfillment of everything you want…
that is but a myth…
No…
contentment is the appreciation of all you already have
that life has blessed you with
May we be blessed to understand…
we do not need to hunt for contentment…
when we understand that contentment is an outgrowth
of being happy with what we have
being happy with who we are…
and being generous with both.
