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May we all be blessed to love 

and be loved by other people …

with a chance to share our hopes

and dreams

and prayers…..

To give them the opportunity 

to be part of our destiny…

as we become part of theirs.

I asked the wind the other day:

Where do you find the strength to blow?

and where do you originate…

please wind won’t you tell me…I’d really like to know.

“Love!” The wind whispered in my ears

“Nature’s love is what makes me soar.”

“Love.” She whispered again and again.

“Love is the answer you are looking for.”

I asked the trees: 

“How is it you can stand so tall?

What is it that makes you grow?”

please trees won’t you tell me…I’d really like to know

“Love!” The trees whispered in my ears

“Nature’s love is what keeps me rooted to the forest floor.”

“Love.” They whispered again and again.

“Love is the answer you are looking for.”

I asked the ocean:

“What is it that makes your water flow

and why does moonshine make you glow?”

please ocean won’t you tell me…I’d really like to know.

“Love!” The ocean whispered in my ears

“Nature’s love brings my waters to the shore.”

“Love.” She whispered again and again.

“Love is the answer you are looking for.”

I’ve asked all forms of nature similar questions…

Yet love is the only answer I’ve ever heard…

which makes me wonder if nature’s vocabulary

is limited to that one word!

But when you stop to think about it…

perhaps love is nature’s creed…

and she’s t trying with all her heart to tell us…

Love is the only word we’ll ever need.

I am finding my gratitude in the Beatles

and the pure white dove…

who stand for peace, 

for pacifism 

and who understand and symbolize 

to make the world a better place

all we need is love.

May we be blessed to pray for love…

whether it comes directly from our heart

or guided by a God from up above…

for never in our lifetime 

as a country

as a people

has there been a greater need for love.

In case you haven’t noticed…let me elucidate.

There is a battle going on today…between love and hate.

A hate that has spread like wildfire and seems at this moment to be out of hand…

It’s burning everything within its path…creating destruction and division across the land.

We are currently at a crossroad…which will determine our country’s history

We are at this moment deciding the kind of country we want to be.

Will love, kindness, acceptance and generosity be our guide…

or will it be hate and bigotry…

one of these roads leads to freedom…the other to tyranny.

It’s ironic that some of this hate is fueled by people’s perception of a God…

they believe guides them from above.…

Ironic because that God’s message has always been 

one of generosity, acceptance and love.

The sounds of this hate are deafening…bullets flying, bombs dropping…

loud voices attacking anyone they see as different…

for hate cannot survive…cannot flourish unless it has someone else to hate.

and those who hate mistakenly believe only they are great….

Hate is angry, enraged…furious…. always ready for a fight…

Love is usually a little quieter, softer…more like a whisper in the night.

But If we are going to defeat this hatred…then we must show love even more… 

If fact we must love a whole lot louder…than we’ve ever loved before.

It’s time for love to stand up and not be afraid to fight….

to raise our voices in the day…

and when we have to…begin shouting in the night! 

Our love must come together and flood their hatred…

washing it away…so there will be no doubt…

because only by combining and blending the waters of our love…

can we put the flames of hatred out.

They were not the greatest dancers…

Their bodies didn’t always move the way they wanted them to move…

and in all the years they’ve danced together…their dancing has not improved..

When the music starts to play…they try moving with the beat

but she is always one step behind…and he has two left feet.

During slow songs they hold each other…they rock side-to-side and sway

but despite their total lack of rhythm…they love dancing together anyway.

If you watch their smiles…not their feet…while they dance…

you’ll see how each face glows…. 

even though they look a little awkward……and step on one another’s toes.

It doesn’t matter to them, however, how clumsy they may look…

or how many people with smirks are glancing….

because they know when two hearts are connected….

it’s their souls that do the dancing.

They are smiling 

not because their feet on the dance floor can’t seem to find their way…

they’re smiling 

knowing inside their souls

dance a beautiful ballet.

Today my gratitude has it’s own unique appeal

it’s own beauty, grace and charm:

It’s knowing there is no greater happiness 

than holding someone I love

safely in my arms

I am grateful for understanding…when it comes to love…

how we are all put on this Earth to live it…

and for knowing as wonderful it is to receive…

It is even more wonderful to give it.

May we be blessed to live in a world

Where everyone has learned…

We are created to give more love 

than can ever be returned