“You don’t pay love back; you pay it forward.” Lily Hardy Hammond
Yesterday we were contemplating random acts of kindness in your life that have impacted you in some way. Now how about moving our focus for a moment from the externals of life, like the house, car, career, status etc. to an inner focus, and ask these questions: why not explore activating that unconditional love that is there within waiting for us to activate it? What are you so fearful of, and what do you think you are going to lose? You really should consider just sticking your toes in the water, because without this love you are forever poor, even if you do not know it. With this love you are able find the key to becoming all that you are meant to be in this world.
Oh, and then there is that something called the Golden Rule in which all of the major world’s religions have some variation on that theme.
Is love not the underlying principal behind the Golden Rule? “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” So simple, and yet so elusive to so many of us much of the time.
So let us take this opportunity to declare the worthiness of everyone for acceptance of our love. Not just the people that look like you, go to your church or synagogue, belong to your political party, or clubs, but each and every person. Because it is only love that has the capacity to elevate all of us equally in a way that nothing else can.
So let us choose love, choose love over living a life in fear. Choose love over seeing yourself as separate from others. Choose love over destroying yourself and the planet that you live upon.
But, when you make that choice for love remember that words alone are not enough, because love is not just an intention. Love is a Verb, a call to Action. Don’t hold back, give it a try, again, what do you really have to lose?
I hope that you don’t feel too put upon here but I’m going to ask you to try a little exercise after you finish up here, or now if you like, (some of us are just not so good with deferred gratification) as a way of test driving this unconditional love thing. Just click on Resources and go to Life Lab Experiment #1; Unconditional Love. On the other hand, this experiment is much better if you have someone to walk you through it as it requires that you close your eyes to execute it. So if you are really committed to exploring, opt-in and I’ll walk you through the experiment together.
Pay It Forward: The concept of asking that a good turn be repaid by having it done to others instead.
But remember that when you do put love into action, that it is it’s own reward. Love is not about an investment or deal making with some kind of expectation of getting a return or a pay back. Love is more about a “Pay It Forward.”
In the meantime do you still remember the Golden Rule? “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” All you need to do is hope that the recipient of your love is so inspired by your action that they do the same for some one else, and that they in return do it for someone else again… By jove I think you’ve got it…”Pay It Forward”. So go ahead and give it a try under the heading of experimenting in your own Life Lab. Just consider the potential for what a wonderful world this would be if we were all on board with that concept.
I am a witness to the power of love to transform…thanks to good old Fred.
Join me in sharing my gratitude with Freddie for all that he has taught me about what is possible when unconditional love is present. Let us all take this moment to make a choice to tap into that deep reserve of unconditional love each and every day knowing that it is it’s own best reward.
Love yourself enough to participate on a full-time basis in your experiment with love. It is time to pull the plug on the old you and move in the direction of another way of being. Enjoy your experiment… let me know how it goes and what you discover for yourself!