Too many of us are searching, rather than loving. Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another’s personhood. Not easy, but so rewarding, to ourselves as well as to the one who is the focus of our love. ~ Casey, Karen. Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women. Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

It seems my reading
as well as society
stress loving others…
from old standards
like the Golden Rule
to modern customs
like”Pay it forward,”
to A Course in Miracles
and writers like
Gerald G. May,
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso,
most Recovery writers,
all in the midst
of a society where enmity
seems to be the rule of the day…
the absence of a semblance of love!
“Too many of us are searching,
rather than loving.
Truly loving another
means letting go
of all expectations.
It means full acceptance,
even celebration
of another’s personhood.
Not easy,
but so rewarding,
to ourselves
as well as to the one
who is the focus of our love”
Let us love, first, last always!