"Don't let the news of the world get you down...
If you think you need LOVE right now, the truth is, LOVE needs you...
LOVE needs you to be your best, your
brightest, your loudest, your most colorful...
Don't give up on equality.
Don't give up on justice.
Don't give up on the power and the beauty of diversity.
Don't give up on helping to relieve the suffering of others...
Don't give up on
LOVE because it's LOVE that has inspired all that is good in the world..."
~ Michael Franti
Although this quote was recently featured here,
yesterday, as I sat down to prepare something for today, it came to mind as the
clear choice.
Whatever the news delivers to us today , whether we feel celebratory, relieved, saddened, shocked, encouraged or discouraged, let's remember that LOVE needs us now, possibly more than ever before.
Let's heed the call and rise to the occasion - every occasion - bringing forth our best, brightest, loudest, more colorful, courageous, and creative
loving selves.
It seems to me that HOPE needs us now too, so let's be our most hopeful selves.
While we're reaching within for the best of us, let's bring out great handfuls of BEAUTY.
And because we care deeply and are choosing consciously to bring our best to the world, WISDOM is sure to come along.
With STRENGTH and
FAITH,
Charlene
PS - Today's doorway image is a photo of an old wooden door with peeling green paint and a rusted lock with a heart shaped escutcheon around the keyhole. Imagine it or see it at Today's Touchstone on Facebook.
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