Spiritual Tools - What would Love do?

Thought for the Week -

What would Love do? It is a great question to ask ourselves when we're not sure what to do next. It works very well when the decision has to do with people in our lives.

Washing up dishes or doing chores around the house or in the office can often bring up a bit of discontent. Here are some thoughts we may find running through our minds as we do these chores...
"Why do I have to do this?" 
"I didn't make the mess." 
"They should clean it up themselves."

These little issues are kept in mind every time we are reminded of the offending issue. Each time we are reminded, the issue becomes bigger in our mind. Soon we are at the point of anger whenever we think of it.

Making Snowballs
What's happening here? The issue is rolling around in our mind like a snowball. Every time we see it, we roll it around again and it gets bigger. The person who is the "cause" of the issue is probably unaware of any problem at all. If we get to the point of our anger exploding, they are usually surprised by our outburst. 

Then, one day, we throw this snowball at them. They thought things between us were fine and sunny. Suddenly they get hit with this snowball and the atmosphere suddenly turns icy. It's not a nice place for them and it’s not a nice place for us, either.

What would Love do?
When the issue arrived at first, had we asked the question "What would Love do?" the answer may have been...
"Clean it up now."
"Put the things in their proper place,"
or "Do it now, it'll only take a few minutes."

These answers get the offending issue out of the way immediately. The issue melts away and is forgotten. We don't carry a cold, angry, snowball around causing a frosty mental attitude within us. If the issue keeps coming up and it is someone else’s responsibility, it is much easier to bring it to the attention of the person involved with a statement like "This issue keeps repeating and I have been dealing with it recently, can you take care of it in future, as it is your responsibility?" 

Love is the reason
One of the reasons we are here in this life, is to learn about love and how to use it. By asking “What would Love do?” we tune into that higher force. We begin to see how Love works in life. We become more aware of Love and we bring more Love into our world. 

Bear in mind that Love doesn't have strings attached to it. If we do a deed but expect to get something in return, we are attaching strings and conditions. That’s not true, divine Love. Divine Love just does things for Love, expecting nothing in return. We benefit as Love flows through us, our world becomes more loving. People may not notice the deeds we do, but on a subtle level they will feel the Love and be touched by it, making their world a little warmer.

What would Love do? Love would say “Thank you for reading this, and thank you for bring more Love into the world. Thank you.”

Comments

[Shirley Casey]

I really like this Ed - it's very nice

Shirley

[Ed Parkinson]

Thanks Shirley

It's always good to hear from you.

*Ed P