Love is the opening door...

Last year, a boy came to my home and stole my car. A few days later, he had smashed that vehicle into another car & totalled it. He ran away and the police never caught him.  I went to the junk yard to identify my car and to see about recovering any lost items. The car was littered with needles & crack pipes. There were MacDonalds bags everywhere. There were articles of clothing, and I can't explain but I just knew that this was a young guy who was very lost.

That was over a year ago, and often that young man pops into my thoughts. Not in anger, but with wonder.  I have often wished I could reach out to him, to hold his hand & to show him that there is another way to live this life.

Today, in meditation I had a vision of that boy who stole my car.  The song I posted was in my mind, it was playing in the background. I was able to hold his hand & look deeply into his eyes.  I let him look back into mine.  I saw myself living another life. A life of suffering & struggle. Looking back into my eyes, he saw himself living another life. A life of love & profoundly deep peace.  There were no words exchanged.

That boy is living his own consequences of a self-made reality full of pain & suffering.  

Hatred, and anger cannot heal suffering.

Only love can do that.

Those are more than just profound words, they are a truth that our society can practice right now!

Until we give our love, there’s really nothing more that we can do but live in the endless cycle of suffering.

In the words of Elton John,

“Love is the opening door, Love is what we came here for.

No one could offer you more.

Do you know what I mean?

Have your eyes really seen?”

I can only liberate myself.  But by opening my own consciousness to love, perhaps I can give others permission to do the same.

Where in my life have I offered fear and resistance, and how can I offer more love?

Today I will look for opportunities to share the peace that is in my heart.