Love twines and loops and twists. It connects us to one and the other like a macramed Celtic knot. We never know where love ends or begins. It just is a bright fiery spark that burns along a fiber optic strand through my soul connecting me to you.
I do not need to know your hopes and dreams, your sorrows and suffering, to love you. All I need is the resonance of your smile to jangle me awake to the inner knowing that you and I, we are not so different. It fact, when we strip away the small stuff, our spark’s glow with the same sacred ember. That ember pulses with love.
Love brought us into being. Why else would the Creator carve off a piece of Itself, hold the burning ember in the palm of Its hand, and gently blow the spark into each of our spirits? At our conception this spark ignited our soul into being. Within each of us echoes the love of the sacred.
What greater love is there than to be gifted with a piece of the sacred? We carry this eternal flame of love with us through lifetimes and beyond. What greater responsibility do we have than to share that love with one another? Flame to flame we tell one another, “you matter."
When I look at you, I see the physical, converse with the mental, commune with the emotional, all the while feeling the warm of your divine spark running through the strand that connects us. I feel love. I hope you feel mine.
No matter how much I may suffer — no matter how much you suffer — when my divine spark touches yours or yours touches mine, we explode in a flash fire of compassion. Love is powered by this compassion. Each compassionate act draws us further along the path of lovingkindness as our love journeys into the great unknown.
We are not really so different, you and I. Deep inside at the core of each being glows an ember — lighting the way, reminding us that we are Creation. Pieces of a fiery puzzle that when joined together create a community of gratitude. And, gratitude when shared by an individual, when offer through community, has the power to change everything.
Believe in the power of love. Our belief combined with our intent and lived through our actions builds a light arc across the abyss of othering that transcends differences. We are not so different, you and I. Let’s join our lights to guide our path into that knowing. Let’s be gratitude personified.
Vanessa F. Hurst, ms, is a Neural Synchrony™ facilitator, professional speaker, and author who weaves her inner wisdom into all she touches. Her books are A Constellation of Connections: Contemplative Relationships and Engaging Compassion Through Intent & Action. Vanessa assists clients in navigating their life paths with intuition. Contact Vanessa @ vanessa@intentandaction.com for keynotes, programs, and consultations.
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