“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love.
When we are afraid, we pull back from life.
When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer
with passion, excitement, and acceptance.”
John Lennon
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when I live my life in fear I have two choices
to retreat or attack
fear does not allow me to engage
in a meaningful and peaceful way with life
or with other people
fear destroys life
it narrows it down to into infinite smallness
it roils the soul
breeding hate, then anger, then violence
spiritual and relational, if not physical
“all we need is love, love is all we need”
perhaps it seems naïve and foolish to say that
I guess that makes Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr naïve
and foolish
and Jesus
it is not so much love as the fruits of love
love enables us to embrace, rather than reject
be open rather than close down
care about other, rather than just ourselves
build rather than tear down
love keeps us from doing terrible things
things that minimize, oppress, and abuse others
things that kill, the mind, the soul, the body
and moves us to do beautiful things
to move beyond, and even surprise, ourselves
Fear
Love
as for me, I will chose love
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