Full of Emotion

What2Say2Day? Well, I'm not sure how Valentine's Day went for any of you but if what I witnessed yesterday was any indication of the world-at-large, then all I have is a big HMMM.

There seemed to be people living in every emotion known to mankind. I honestly saw everything from couples caught in moments of love-struck giddiness to an argument so charged with anger a small window was smashed by a fist. Love has a way of bringing out the best and the worst in us.

Of course that depends on how we love. Love is meant to be unconditional. This means that we give love freely without the expectation of anything in return. I gave my wife a very simple gift yesterday that comprised of a card and stuffed animal. In return she gave to me a much better present; a hug which connected our souls. I did not expect her to give me anything, nor did I want her to. I gave her a gift because I love her and wanted to show that love.

In turn she wasn't expecting anything for that day so when she did get something she was filled with enough gratitude to show her thankfulness. In her receiving my small token of love she in turn gave that love to me in the form of a hug and sincere thank you. Now, before you say, "yeah, but you gave her a gift, that's why she hugged you", I want to say we hug each other that way everyday. Honest.

Jesus teaches us the only way true love can work; by giving love as freely as we receive it and to do so without expectation of anything in return. The stories we have about Jesus are filled with one-sided love which eventually becomes love that is all inclusive. Evey leper, blind, and demon-possessed person Jesus heals is done so out of compassion and without expectation of anything in return except that they love in the same way.

So, beginning today let's live Jesus' words of loving one another as we love ourselves and see where that takes us. Wow, I'm excited just thinking about a world where love is never expected nor denied.