Love is not just an emotion. Not just a feeling. Love is an energy. It is an energy that calls forth our best selves, our highest sense of being. When we are moved by Love, we step forward with our authentic being. Think of a time that you were first moved by Love’s power. Your beloved called to you, whispered your name, and your heart leaped. You smiled. You felt beautiful. Powerful yet vulnerable. Your life felt blissfully meaningful and full of remarkable possibilities.
But Love is not just an energy that calls to us through the voice of our beloved. In fact love is the voice of what the great Sufi poet, Rumi would call the Beloved. That’s Beloved with a capital “B”. The great Divine that loves us beyond all measure. And yes, Love calls to us through the voices of those people we love. But love also calls to us through the trilling of a bird’s song in the warm air. Love calls to us through the fertile ground. Love calls to us through the strength of a tree. And if we listen very closely, Love calls to you through the profound needs of those suffering injustice. Love is calling to you through the unknown pain of strangers. Love calls to us and pleads with us to be liberated from the bonds of suffering. Love asks us to bring our best selves forward.
If we listen with our hearts, we will hear Love’s call to us everywhere we go and in everything we do. Love calls to us to bring our whole hearts forward, our most genuine, kind, compassionate, strong, and courageous selves.
How will you answer Love’s call today?
