What’s the most powerful force in the world?
The list of answers can continue forever: Guns, money, power, and more, but I think there is only thing that can outweigh all of these forces: love.
Love can make a terrorist drop his gun and fall to his knees in surrender and repentance.
Love can make money seem so insignificant in counting one’s wealth.
Love gives strength; it empowers people to change completely from the inside out.
In love, there is forgiveness, kindness, patience, selflessness, gentleness and humility.
Love is not selective. It doesn’t choose a white man over a black man, nor does it choose a Christian over a Buddhist. Love is simply love, a big, fluffy blanket to keep everyone warm, no matter who they are.
Love is giving love to those who don’t deserve it, to people when they are at their worst, so that they can change to become their best.
Love is about choice and risk; love doesn’t always come naturally, especially when it comes to loving people who have hurt us deeply emotionally or physically before. It’s a choice that we make to bury the past and look forward, even if we risk getting hurt by that person more than once.
You cannot sacrifice without first a heart of love. Choosing to prioritise another’s welfare over your instincts of self-preservation takes courage, and it takes true love to do that. That’s why people are willing to take grenades, get shot down by guns, all just to protect the people or things that they love.
However, while love is an all-encompassing virtue, it doesn’t guarantee perfection. People still make mistakes, even while their intentions are good. However, love guarantees a spirit of perseverance and determination to improve, the humility to ask for forgiveness, and the courage to step out of one’s comfort zone and change for the better.
Love is a work in progress.
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