LOVE

LOVE,

St. Paul said,

"Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing. For we know partially and we prophesy partially, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things. At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love. " (1 Corinthians 13: 4-13)

Love is the ultimate expression of one’s being. The core of one’s self being bestowed to another without price or measure. Love is the total giving of one’s self. In ancient times, Love was known in the Latin as caritas (charity)--to give of one’s self to another.

Love is the true surrender of one’s self in another. When a person truly loves, they give of themselves, not expecting in return. True love is an investment in the other. Just to a bank account that one continues saving in, the investment made yields its greatest reward. So similarly too, Love is like a bank account, where the more one loves, the greater one is rewarded with love.

Love is the ultimate expression of one’s self. Love is the being able to let the barriers down and truly be one’s self and express that without pride, prejudice or expectation of reward. Ultimately Love has two sides to it: to give and to receive.

To give love, one must be unselfish and transparent with the other person. To give love, the giver must know TRUE LOVE. To give love the LOVER must give without reward or measure.

To receive love, one must be ope to receiving the wellspring of life. To receive LOVE, the loved one must be willing to reciprocate. To receive love, the LOVED ONE needs to also and not only be transparent, but accept the LOVERS transparency for merely what it is--LOVE.

LOVE is the manifestation of vision into reality, of sacrifice into gift, of journey into pilgrimage with another. Love is adventure of life that has the most meaning. When St. Paul mentions: "So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love," St. Paul knows that LOVE is utimately the resting in and encouter of GOD. Centuries later, St. Augustine had this to say: "You stir man to take pleasure in praising you, because you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you." (Confessions--Opening Paragraph) Love is not only the wellspring, but also the end result. It is the greatest manisfestation of one’s total being. It is true happiness, even in times of sadness; true reward in moments of toil and work; true satisfaction in moments of pain and suffering; true inspiration in the ordinary moments of life.

Love knows all, forgives all, edures all, respects all, ebodies all, inspires all and conquers all. Love generates persistence and perseverance. Love embodies all of what life is. Love is inspiration and aspiration wrapped in one.

In the true words of the movie Wedding Crashers, "True Love is the Soul’s Recognition of its Counterpoint in Another."

LOVE is LOVE

P.S.--"Our greatest inspiration, comes from our perspiration."

Full of Wisdom

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