Christmas and New Year, the time of peace on earth and goodwill to all men (and women!).
I thought it would be nice to reflect on the one thing that none of us can ever have enough of... love... and what it might mean (this post definitely falls under the heading of 'Kim Is Being A Hippy Today')
These reflections are 'borrowed', details further down.
"Love:
- is the will to promote new life and growth in me and in another.
- is personal, a sacred trust of living things
- is freeing, acknowledging a separateness and treasuring the uniqueness of another.
- it calls for willing sacrifice, to empty itself in nurture of the one who’s loved.
- it respects the value of another
- it demands both patience and discretion, both tact and understanding.
- it seeks to learn and listen to another
- it is a true equality, an equal-sided valuation and respect
- it is tenderness, selfless, caring and essential
- it is unconditional
And we each need to give and to receive it".
Where were these lovely words taken from?
I asked a Quaker friend of mine (thanks Keith!) to send them to me, they are gleaned from the Quaker Handbook of Faith and Practise (Chapter 22).
Hope you enjoyed them.
Happy New Year everyone, may it be filled with love.....
