I know I have said this before, but I am not a religious person...that is not as far as main stream religion goes...but I am a spiritual person...I believe in a higher being but that being is within all of us...
There are many things out today with WWJD (what would Jesus do) on them...from bracelets to plaques and shirts...my question today is WHAT WOULD LOVE DO?
How many times have you been caught up in patterns that are unhealthy for you?...patterns that make you a victim, perpetrator or martyr...and where do these patterns come from? For me they come from fear...they come from relating to situations in a certain way each and every time they enter my life...and I am not finding it healthy...so when caught in a situation I ask myself one simple question: What would love do?
What I am finding is when I ask myself this question I begin to soften...the situation starts to become clearer to me...and where I once found myself as a victim...I am now finding myself with truth...where I once found myself as a perpetrator...I am now finding myself with forgiveness...where I once found myself with being the martyr...I am now finding myself with letting go...
Some days it takes more courage to choose love...but I am reminded of a verse from a song that my son shared with me..."Brave" by Sara Bareilles..."...Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live. Maybe one of these days, you can let the light in. Show me how big your brave is."
I am allowing Love to make choices for me...choices that heal my heart and allow me to grow...I think about a plaque that was given to my late husband and I when we got married that hung in our bedroom for many years...
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
I choose to be brave...I choose LOVE!
What do you think? What would LOVE do?
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