All to often we equate love and desire with beauty. A beautiful girl to look at, an amazing sunset,
the waves of the ocean or the quietness of the river. All these things are wonders in nature and are indeed love. The love of our father is great. In all of creation we see his master work at hand. A swirl of color in the sky, a painted tree and the myriad of blues and greens in the ocean.
True love is not always beautiful. Atleast not in the way "we" define it. True love sees beyond what mankind may "perceive" as beauty. True love knows that life itself is expressed in the love of creation. That love takes many forms.
It is the awkward smile of the toothless old man. The pug puppy with protruding teeth. The mis-shappen head of the new born baby. The kiss of your grandmother with doughnut crumbs still around her mouth and the radiance found in the eyes of a child looking at the world.
Our perceptions of beauty have led the world to believe if we are not beautiful by the standards that mankind has set, we are not worthy of love. Women dye their hair, get implanted breasts, try losing weight, altering their appearance all to "feel" beautiful. To feel "worthy" of love.
Men build their egos, try to make more money, present themselves as if they are macho and talk about their accomplishments all to feel good about themselves. All to feel "worthy" of love.
There is difference in love, however, We try to put a name on it. We try to define our feelings, yet we don't know how to exactly. When love comes, love sees past the amount of money you make and the size of your breasts. Love doesn't see imperfections, love only sees what god has created. The image and light of his likeness in the person that is loved. The person that was created out of love.
How can you say you are not lovable then, when all of you is love? The breast implants don't make you more lovable, they make you more desired and the money you make only makes you more sought out for the same. If we want more love in our lives, we must resonate the love that we are, not the misqualified thoughts about what love is. When we are all love to begin with, that should be an amazingly easy thing to do.
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| No braces for his teeth,nor botox for his wrinkles, but nevertheless, still "lovable" |
True love is not always beautiful. Atleast not in the way "we" define it. True love sees beyond what mankind may "perceive" as beauty. True love knows that life itself is expressed in the love of creation. That love takes many forms.
It is the awkward smile of the toothless old man. The pug puppy with protruding teeth. The mis-shappen head of the new born baby. The kiss of your grandmother with doughnut crumbs still around her mouth and the radiance found in the eyes of a child looking at the world.
Our perceptions of beauty have led the world to believe if we are not beautiful by the standards that mankind has set, we are not worthy of love. Women dye their hair, get implanted breasts, try losing weight, altering their appearance all to "feel" beautiful. To feel "worthy" of love.
Men build their egos, try to make more money, present themselves as if they are macho and talk about their accomplishments all to feel good about themselves. All to feel "worthy" of love.
There is difference in love, however, We try to put a name on it. We try to define our feelings, yet we don't know how to exactly. When love comes, love sees past the amount of money you make and the size of your breasts. Love doesn't see imperfections, love only sees what god has created. The image and light of his likeness in the person that is loved. The person that was created out of love.
How can you say you are not lovable then, when all of you is love? The breast implants don't make you more lovable, they make you more desired and the money you make only makes you more sought out for the same. If we want more love in our lives, we must resonate the love that we are, not the misqualified thoughts about what love is. When we are all love to begin with, that should be an amazingly easy thing to do.