Loving Well...
Today I am grateful I attended a worship service to say farewell to a very gifted inspirational minister at our congregation. As always, when Pastor Rick preaches I am eager to receive the message mostly because he injects so much humor that everyone, even the most skeptical end up laughing. Well today was no different even though it was Pastor Ricks last sermon at our church.
Strangely enough he asked us to love well. Of course, that got me thinking. We went deeper and this was my take away...
It is easy to love and sometimes to even say the words 'love you' or I love you' but loving well means loving by actually showing loving kindness a simple hello when passing someone on the street or in the grocery store. I know for me I am challenged by the very ordinary every single day to do just that.
In the Buddha tradition their are four kinds of love;loving kindness, compassion, appreciation and equanimity. Practicing loving well is raising our level of consciousness to where we innately know loving well comes from our soul. In the Christian tradition there are numerous teachings on love and for the purpose of this writing, loving well. Peter 3-8...all of you be like minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate & humble. So it is not enough to love in the simple sense but to be present to one another with compassion and heartfelt sympathy and to express that love in our daily life. It is learning to include loves presence when we speak to others. Every little drop of this practice of loving well is significant . The Buddha says with dripping drops of water the water jog is filled.
Yes Pastor Rick, in these ordinary days when I am behind the slowest driver in the world on my way to work or walking through the isles in the grocery store or when in the presence of my own loved ones at home I will think about loving well and the imprint it will leave on both of our souls.
When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. how can you love if you are not there? Thich Naht Hanh
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