Whether you believe it to be true or not, God created man. And not only that, but God created man to love. Due to our sinful nature, it is hard for man to love. You don’t think that’s true, that it’s hard for us to love? Take a look at the world around you. “Hate is a strong word”, they say, but they live in hate daily. People hate food, hating the weather, hating music, hating a certain celebrity, hating life, hating situations, hating people. Hate has consumed the world and all that is in it.
Hate may be a strong word, but love shouldn’t be. People keep saying that they want change. They want a better life; they want the world and their life to be different – better. But that cannot happen without love. If you want your life to be better, you must first learn how to love, and love with all your might. You have to not only love other people, but love yourself, too. Teach other people how to love by the way you love.
But, what is love, exactly? How can you love other people? How can you love yourself? Love is doing something for someone what you would want done for you. Love is free. Grace – getting something you don’t deserve. If someone is being the worst kind of person you could ever imagine, treating you like you mean absolutely nothing, and making you feel terrible every day, what should you do to them if you had the chance? If that person lost everything, their job, their house, their family, what would you do? Nothing, laugh, or help them? Don’t answer just what you think I’d want to hear. Answer in complete honesty. Now, imagine you lost everything; what would you want someone to do for you? Is the answer to that question the same as the answer to the first?
Random acts of kindness, all of the time, to people you know, strangers, family, people you can’t stand, people who disrespect you. Common courtesy is something that has been forgotten by the people of the world. Common courtesy being; holding the door open for people, letting people in line ahead of you, smiling at someone as you walk by them, cleaning up a mess that you see, etc. Common courtesy isn’t the only thing forgotten by the human race; common knowledge has also been forgotten. And on top of that, patience isn’t even practiced anymore. Now we have high-speed internet, fast-food restaurants, super fast cars, internet on your mobile device. The world is creating things to make it easier for you to get what you want right now. Patience and hard work are two things slowly disappearing from our world. With the high-speed internet and the super fast fast-food restaurants, it’s making people think that they can get anything they want really fast. What happened to hard work and patience?
Well, now I’m just ranting.
I do whole heartily believe that what the world needs most is love. Everybody just needs to learn to love. Love others, love self. The more you eat healthy foods, the less you crave unhealthy foods – the more you love, the less you hate. It makes sense, doesn’t it?
“Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered; it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love never fails.”
First, learn to love yourself; love who you are, and decide you can do yourself a whole lot better. Feed your body the nutrients it needs; put down the cheeseburger, and pick up the salad. Feed your mind the good it needs; at least for a few days, turn off the TV and the computer, and read a good book. Feed your heart; love, and be loved.
Write. Write in a journal, write letters to people. Put down your cell phone, and sit down and write anything and everything. Everyone loves getting mail, I know I do. Make someone smile by sending them a letter. They won’t expect it, and it may very well make their day.
Love others more than you love yourself, but love yourself more than you love material things. Your computer or phone or TV may die, but you can just buy a new one. But honey, when you die, that’s it. You can’t buy yourself another life. That’s it. Treat yourself right, and treat everyone else better.
“I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do. And to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.” Now, if everyone lived their life by The Girl Scout Law, the world would be amazing.
That’s another thing; people have lost the ability to be considerate. Because all they are concerned about are themselves. Today I saw a group of buggies, in the Wal-Mart parking lot, two feet beside the cart thing. All they had to do was walk a few steps to put the buggy away, and out of the way of the cars. But instead, they leave their buggy in the middle of the parking lot, so many people are unable to get in a parking spot. Lazy and inconsiderate. Also today, in a bathroom at a restaurant, I noticed a pile of used paper towels on the floor right beside the trash can. Instead of taking the one second it takes to open the lid and dropping the paper towel in the trash can, they decide, rather, to just throw the paper towel down on the floor. Oh how it frustrates me.
Love, patience, consideration, common courtesy, common knowledge.
Wake up, people! This isn’t Subway, you can’t demand what you want, exactly how you want it, and expect to get it without doing any of the work yourself.
Grace - getting what you don't deserve.
Mercy - not getting what you do deserve.
I'll have more to rant about later.
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