The Power of Love and Prayer

Today has been a hard day and a sad day in many respects. Yet it is also a joyous one. It seems that love is harder to understand than cards, commercials and the media make it out to be.

We often hurt the ones we love the most without them understanding that what we are trying to do is not hurt them but teach them. If it is done with a pure heart because we love and care about them then hopefully they will know that it is done without deceit and be more open to conversation.

However, each of us do have feelings and they are real to each of us, even to the person who hurts us and who we hurt. Knowing that feelings are non-negotiable, Love is truly very hard to figure out. I am learning that no matter what and no matter how badly the ones that we love so much hurt us or we hurt them, that we should continue to love them and accept their actions and overlook their reactions unconditionally, (as hard as it might be), as they must not be at the place in their life that we are.

Keeping this in mind, we should forgive each other and know that if they really knew that we cared for them unconditionally, and only wanted the best for them, maybe they wouldn't react to the things we do with such hatred. They sometimes react to us in ways that cause us to feel such torrid pain that they don't take into account how we feel or at least accept that what we are doing is done out of love and with the best intentions for them.

We often do things with the best intentions and it backfires in our faces. If people could just understand that if what we do, is truly done without malice, and because we care and love them, then maybe they would understand that our intentions are pure.

Hopefully, if we keep this in mind, the next time someone hurts us, we will try and understand where they are coming from and if we know that it is done with a pure heart, then we will either "agree to disagree" or discuss the problems and not let our feelings and actions get out of control to the point that dialogue and discussions are stopped and an invisible brick wall is put up.

May we all try and be more tolerant of one another and do as God has asked us to do and as he does with each of us and that is to Love us Unconditionally, with all of our faults and imperfections.

Kan