The following writing was sent to me from a sister of the heart, Glenda Otto. Glenda is an eternal lover of Life. She just can't help herself!! After reading Rumi's poetry.... and in a moment of sheer inspiration..... these words flowed out from her being. Her words fall on me gently, as I recognize myself. Now, it's your turn. I hope you find yourself as inspired as I am in reading this. Enjoy!
My vocation is to be a Lover.
Oh I don’t mean the jump-into-bed kind of Lover
I mean the kind of Lover who’s in Love with Life,
And quietly, humbly intends to love each moment, each person,
Everything, no matter what.
It’s not my job to be perfect.
It’s my job to simply Love,
The kind of Love that breathes compassion.
It’s not my job to judge when I think others are less-than-perfect.
I was taught by osmosis that it was my job to judge.
Somehow the world would be a better place if I judged.
And when I judged others,
They’d magically change and become closer to my idea of perfect.
Took years to discover it’s not like that.
When I judge others, they tend to judge themselves and become fearful and defensive.
It’s my job to Love and see the perfection of what is in front of me.
It’s my job to live as though All Is Designed for me/us to be in Love.
I’m encountering more people like me these days.
We just want to be Lovers.
We’ve got a few bad habits left over from our days when we wanted to be perfect,
But, none-the-less, we are moving toward Loving with open arms.
It’s more fun. There’s more spaciousness and freedom when we join with Love.
Yes, it hurts our heart when we’re less-than-loving to ourselves and to others.
We discover we’re not too skilled at being Lovers.
But then comes the wonderful discovery question:
‘Love, what would you have me do?’
We fall silent and listen with our Whole Being …
We are joined by the greater Source of Love,
The Creator of Love, within us.
We know ourselves to be that Source of Love.
Imagine that!
We ask how to Love in this moment.
It comes now or later,
But it comes.
I have nothing, NOTHING better to do than to join with Love and
Become a Lover.
Take a load off. Let’s sit down.
Or, perhaps you want to dance …
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