Love

July 3

Who says it is easy? But we have the power.
I watch the faces deepen all around me.
It is the time of change, the saving hour.
The word id not fear, the word we live,
But an old word made new,
As we learn it again, as we bring it alive:
Love. Love. Love. Love.

MAY SARTON


These lines from a poem entitles "AIDS" written by May Sarton powerfully depict a remembering, a relearning, of the power of love. We did not need AIDS, or any other disease for that matter, to teach us this. We don't contract a disease because we are lacking certain qualities, such as the ability to forgive, even though while having the disease may develop these qualities. What is important to note is that mindfulness of any situation or condition brings forth wisdom and compassion. When we become mindful, we pay attention to what is needed in the moment and allow thins knowledge to become conscious. We open to a wider range of possibilities. In the opening there is a release of whatever has hidden this inner knowledge.