Gather your people. Pull them close. Let folks know that you love them, and then act from that love.
You are part of the love of millions.
Category: Meditations
Preparing for Love
After Tuesday’s US elections, I wrote this prayer, which I share with you today:
O love that will not let us go, remind us of your presence now.
Remind us of your power now.
Remind us of your tenacity now.
Fill us with your strength that we might know ourselves connected to a love greater than we can imagine.
For we will need that love as we move forward together. Amen.
How do you know yourself connected to a love that strengthens you?
Care
You deserve care. All of us deserve care. We deserve gentle, consensual, loving touch. We deserve warmth that nurtures and doesn’t overwhelm. We deserve to trust those who are supposed to love us.
How have you received care in healthy, nurturing ways?
Separation
“To be able to have people to love and care for, that cared and loved me, depended on me, is a privilege that I was most grateful for. To be a part of someone’s life…to guide throughout all their trials and tribulations, was the paragon of what it meant to live. Now, none of them are in my life. Do I hold hope that we can be together once more? Yes. Until that time, I hold those memories close. Of you, I ask this, if you have family, tell them you love them, for you never know when it’ll be your last moment with them.” -Robert, a CLF member incarcerated in Massachusetts
Tell someone you love them today.
Legacy
One of the ways we are connected to each other as family is in the ways we live on in future generations. The love and legacy we leave behind is a gift to those who come next.
What would you like your legacy to be?