some say fear not hate is the opposite of love. how true that seems to be. love at its core after all is an honest explosion of positive emotions. it says look at me...see me...hear me...feel me...i am here for you. and i respect you and respect me enough to be open and not fear the words that i am going to speak.

fear my friend is all about lack of honesty. understanding that words are hard and scary and when they come out...there is no taking them back. fear says i don't know who you are and i'm afraid of the hurt you could bring. fear stops you from smiling to a stranger. loving a friend. stops you from trying new possibilities. and seeking to ventures. fear believes that we are more different then we are the same. fear says i can't.

love believes...it has to...that there is more connecting us then dividing us. it is rooted in this belief. if i open my heart. and share my feelings or my struggles or my joys....i am believing that the love between you and me...the human connection will find some understanding in my honesty. it will say: i feel your pain. i hope for your good. i see where you are coming from. i am you. you are me. and because of our love we are in this together.

fear once again says: i choose to not understand...but walk away or look down or move to the next car on the train. fear starts fights and wars. fear creates divisions. and gives power to power hungry. fear doesn't listen.

love. oh LOVE. thank you.

moments when love is on our lips. or in the air. or in our hands....those times are crazy scary. they create defining moments in our lifes. when we know we can't go back to how things were before. our view of the world, of each other, and of ourselves changes. saying this i understand why fear is an easier choice then love. once love is the choice we made...who knows where its going to take us in life. YET how exiting is that? how thrilling the possibility of what love could do in a single day to change us???

be LOVE. choose LOVE. seek LOVE.
let LOVE define you.
completely.
totally.
all the time.