November 12, 2020
In his Daily Meditation, Richard Rhor wrote today regarding “the transforming power of love.” He quoted Valarie Kaur Me when he included this:
Love is more than a feeling. Love is a form of sweet labor: fierce, bloody, imperfect, and life-giving—a choice we make over and over again. If love is sweet labor, love can be taught, modeled, and practiced. This labor engages all our emotions. Joy is the gift of love. Grief is the price of love. Anger protects that which is loved. And when we think we have reached our limit, wonder is the act that returns us to love. “Revolutionary love” is the choice to enter into wonder and labor for others, for our opponents, and for ourselves in order to transform the world around us.
Wow! I know that love is work, but I appreciate her words “sweet labor.” Because love is so worth the effort. And it is critically needed at this time. Oh, if only the whole world would choose love!
Blessings. And prayers.
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