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Wings of faith, angel hands holding the airy heart of Hope. Every time I read about blog projects meant to make us better, more aware of the wounds of the world, I feel that the human race still has a chance to a brighter future, a future dominated by kindness, love, trust and belief, and not one emerged in the deepest poisons of our present: war, hunger, hate, racism… This is a dream, and a dream that can only be achieved through love.

Spreading the love… what an important act of humanity.

Albert Einstein once described the human being with words that remained in my heart and echo still:

„A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.“

There are many people in this world who live their lives driven by hate and pain. They often find themselves in a total impossibility of being happy, of giving love and even of receiving. In times like this I think of them. Imagine a lost soul whose wings were cut by darkness. Imagine such a human being trapped in chains of doubt and hate. These people are at the root of most of the evil that the world needs to endure. Because these people know no mercy.

Hate, greed, envy and doubt feed on all possible resources and do have the tendency to kill pure, meaningful feelings. They are at the root of the wars, the very roots of the hunger for power, the reasons behind lack of tolerance and the seeds that turn brother against brother.

When we talk about love and feel love, we know that love does not envy, does not boast. Love is kind and undemanding. Love is freedom and hope, belief!

I wish now, with this humble entry, to remind all of you that 2008 has all the chances to be the year of love. And we can spread the word, we can unite our voices into a hymn to the greatest gift God ever gave us, after life.

True love never dies. True love never lowers the knees to hate and doubt. True love is there to stay and grows with proper nourishing. Feed Love with more love, with a warm smile and a tender embrace, with an act of kindness and with faith.

This entry was inspired by my wonderful friend Pearl, who tagged me to participate in a very special meme. Read the rules below.

This is a joint effort by the Three Monks – Wade of The Middle Way, Kenton of Zen-Inspired Self Development, and Albert of Urban Monk.Net. The watches are kindly provided by the coolest timepiece company ever – The Now Watch

To participate –
Write a post as described above. You’re encouraged, although not required, to link to all three of the judges.

Contact any one of us, either by emailing, or leaving a comment in one of the judge’s posts.

You’re encouraged also to spread the word, tag your friends, and ask them to participate.

On 5 January 2008, the three judges will look at all the entries, pick the winners, and publish a list, so we can all share the links and traffic.

The results will be posted on 10 January 2008 on all three judge’s blogs. Winners will be contacted for mailing address details so we can send them to you!

And if you enjoyed my words, I am sure you will enjoy all of the other entries that come from the love of many wonderful other dreamcatchers spreading love:

• Ben Lumley at The New Horizons Project
• Kris Vockler at Beyond Zen
• Corinne Edwards at Personal Growth with Corinne Edwards
• Isabella Mori at Change Therapy
• Paula Kawal at Journey Inward Coaching
• Liara Covert at Dream Builders
• David Bohl at Slow Down Fast
• Deb Estep at Deb_Inside.
• Swami Nirmalananda Giri and ReddyK at the Atma Jyoti Blog
• Mary Jaksch at Goodlife Zen
• Takuin Minamoto at Daily Action and Natural Expression
• Robin at Reflections on Compassion, posted at Yogini Myspace Blog.
• Karen Zara at Abaminds
• Jenny Mannion at Heal Pain Naturally
• Evan Hadkins at WellBeingAndHealth.Net
• Shawn Williamson at do you LIVE or simply EXIST
• Patricia Singleton at Spiritual Journey of a Lightworker
• Alex Blackwell at The Next 45 Years
• Akemi Gaines at Gratitude Magic
• Vitor Bosshard at The Fractal Forest
• CG Walters at Into The Mist
• John Torcello has also contributed an entry by email, I’ve included it in the comments below.
• Brightdays at Brighter Days for you and me!
• Karen at Loving Awareness
• Krista at Lucid Amphibology
• Karen Lynch at Live The Power
• Andrea Hess at Empowered Soul
• Waters at Waters: The Last Thing I Wanted To Give
• Eric Grey at Deepest Health
• Stephen Hopson at Adversity University
• Em Dy at Pulse: Intention to Treat
• Iain Hamp at Follow Your Passions
• Rahul at Raw Speak
• Stephen Miracle at AltNoise.Net
• Pearl at Interesting Observations
• Mark at My Tropical Escape
• Matthew at Loving Awareness
• Daylle Schwartz at Lessons from a Recovering Doormat

Today is the last day of the writing project, so I am not going to tag people to participate in something that ends. But if you happen to read and feel like Spreading the Love, don’t let this movement die. Write about it, share love. You’ve been unofficially tagged. In the spirit of spreading the love, I let you now in the company of an amazing young voice.