The Creating Force Of Love

TODAY'S QUOTE:
"In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?".... Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971, Russian-born Musical Composer

I believe most of us truly understand the healing power of the love that we shower upon our fellow-man. Its dynamic force not only creates... it also re-creates. It lifts up even the most downhearted and if they're wise enough they become all the better from the touch of our gentle regard. And we benefit as well; love transforms the loving as well as the beloved. The vast majority of us have at least an inkling of the true power of our love for one another, yet too few of us realize the strength that comes from a more personal approach.

We don't fully comprehend the love we should feel for ourselves. I'm not talking about conceit in even the smallest measure. Egotistic people believe they're better than anyone else. Anyone who acts from that perspective is a tyrant who loves a fool. The love of self that I'm speaking of is the one that extends the same care and concern for ourselves as we do toward anyone else.
 
The fact is... if we love ourselves:
We become naturally protective of our personal space and what we allow inside of its boundaries.
We respect our opinions enough to consider them at least as valid as anyone else's.
We grow in a healthy fashion, learning balance by giving extra space to what is truly important by reducing the areas we stuff with incidentals.
We gather positives and discard negatives then gift our fellow-man with bouquets of vivid color.
We become naturally more gentle with everyone else when we practice with ourselves first.
We hear our soul-voice and respond to its urgings with a certainty that it has no agenda except the total health and happiness of all of our layers.

The list could go on endlessly, but I imagine you have the rhythm of my thought pattern by this point. Be loving toward self and love grows for everyone and everything else. And as always.... think about it.... let it ride.... then you decide!!!!