Loving Life

Hi - long time since we've talked! I missed you in March, but with all the rain & activity this month, I was kind of busy. I was very moved last month to explore my faith in God and others. In particular, I really wanted to find out just where I stood with my feelings as they pertain to love. Can I have the capacity to accept it when it is given to me, can I express it to others, can I live a life more full of it?

I am of the opinion now more than ever, that love is not just an emotion, it is an action that we choose to take. Do I love you when you make me mad, yes. Do I love God even though the natural disaters in Haiti & Peru have killed hundreds of thousands, yes. Do I love myself even when I don't follow through on things I know I must do, yes! Why? because I know that without choosing to act in a loving manner toward God, everything, and everyone - I will have nothing, be nothing, and I would not be able to forgive or see that every cloud has that silver lining. Without love, one is empty inside and it shows to everyone you meet and in everything that you do. I choose to act by displaying my emotions toward others with empathy and caring, for their success as well as for their plight. I choose to act through prayer. I choose to act by looking for and finding the meaning in the events of our society and world. I choose to act by failing forward in my own inability, by learning the lessons that are there for me. I choose to act by sharing the wonderful opportunity and message that I have been given to help others.

Our actions speak volumes about our character and our integrity. I feel that part of my purpose here is to learn to become a person that can act on a basis of love for others. I can only hope that through my actions, people will know and see that I am and will continue to develop my love for all that I have been given in this life.

My friends, my business partners, and my future all depend on my ability to DO my best to act with love.
How will you act?



Live Well - Be Well

Stephen