I'm working on a play at the school where I teach this week. Anne Monique, my daughter, comes in after her school is over to help. Yesterday as I was talking about the kids and their parts and their talents with her she stopped all of a sudden and said, "Mommy, you love them!" Later she added, "That's a good thing," as though to clarify her observation.
Anne Monique's statement has reoriented my take on my interactions with the students this week. The same evening I received an e-mail that a dear, beautiful friend of mine has been re diagnosed with cancer - a year after it was removed from her body. I've felt a rush of feeling in her direction - a powerful force coming from deep within and everywhere around me toward her healing.
For me love has always been a romantic, iconic notion, involving the urge to merge with one other being on a physical level. Now I'm learning that the power behind that pull is unlimited.
Extend the love you have for the one, to the many, to the all. Let's try it today.
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