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How can we expect to find peace among the dissension when we aren’t even willing to lay our differences aside? It’s impossible. It will never happen until we make the decision to live with more loving attitudes!
7. Love increases understanding. When someone comes to you with a request, you must have a sense of understanding about what they’re talking about! Love cultivates a sense of understanding. That “aha” moment when we realize what someone else is going through makes all the difference in the world when it comes to us accepting them and being more loving. Love breaks down barriers, arguments and all forms of hate and prejudice because it allows the beautiful knowledge of understanding to emanate among the souls of those discussing different scenarios and situations! Understanding definitely diffuses arguments!
8. Love promotes respect. The nature of love is the nature of respect. And the nature of respect requires that respect be given in order for it to be received. When you respect someone, you care! You listen, you lend a hand, you really want to make a difference! That’s what love is all about! It is impossible to say you love someone or want to make things better for them and yourself without experiencing some form of respect. Respect is a precursor for the kind of caring that meaningful change requires.
9. Love promotes hope and possibility. With hate, there is little to no hope involved. There is pain, anguish and agony. With love? Well, there is the hope of a better future because people are willing to discuss problems and understand each other’s situations! Hate leads to discouragement. Hope leads to enlightenment!
10. Love promotes a sense of responsibility. Hate? Well, it creates an environment where people feel helpless. They become despondent and stoop to lower types of emotions and interactions such as apathy, anger and resentment. Love creates a sense that everyone can make a difference. When we each believe we can make a difference, our sense of personal responsibility rises. So what’s better for our society? Helplessness or an increase in caring and personal responsibility? I think that one is pretty self explanatory!
The truth is we can make a difference. Each and every one of us. Even if we only influence one other person for the better, think of the ripple effect that can have on an entire society? And the reality is, most of us are able to affect more than one other person. Many of us are able to affect hundreds of people throughout our lives depending on where we work, where we live, who we associate with, where we go, etc. Love is a powerful force for more reasons than those I just listed above. If we all make the choice to embrace it, what a beautiful world this would be!