My Riffs

What makes words and action empty? Lack of love.  Conversely, what makes words and actions full? Love. 

My task list, with all the things being accomplished doesn’t mean a thing, without love.  That means love is the most important thing. And we can do all things, with and in love. 

What you love will always be revealed.  Your actions will reveal what you love and cherish.  Your love can only be hidden for a short time, it will be revealed. Set your love on things that are worth it. 

Real power is love. Hate can do lots of damage, but the more powerful thing is love. 

It’s Valentines and the day we designate for love.  If you haven’t been showing love prior to today though, today’s showing of love will be shallow. If it’s an outflow of true love it will make its mark. 

Spread love. It’s simple. Just treat people like they matter and you care about them.  Spead love!

The best way to rebuild is in love.  If something is in disrepair, it’s lacked love.  Rebuild with love. 

Hatred will never be overcome with hatred.  It can only be overcome with love.  Someone consumed by hate won’t be changed by more hate.  Hate doesn’t accomplish anything.  Love is much stronger. 

Being fair doesn’t always mean being the same.  It means treating everyone with the same love and respect. 

Hatred is never the way to counter hatred.  Only love can drive out hate, as Dr Martin Luther King said. 

What’s the best healing balm? Love, applied liberally.   Love is a power of a higher level that we can tap into. Love liberally. 

Real truth may confront, but it will always love. Truth that's used as a weapon is simply meanness. We can speak truth but it has to be wrapped in love.

Love more. That means care for other more. The rewards are many when you pour into others. It's the only way to truly live. Holding in your love shrinks your world until it suffocates you. Love big and expand your world.

Are you patient? Are you kind? Are you gentle? Can you endure good and bad? Can you continue to hope? Are you jealous?  These are good measurements of love. 

Division is so prevalent today. Social media seemingly has exasperated divisions. You feel like you have to choose a side. What if we decided to side with principals instead of specific sides? I think the divisiveness would lessen. Let's try taking the side of truth and love. You can't err when choosing that side. It doesn't mean being a push over and not making a stand; it means doing so with wisdom and not as personal attacks. Choose love, truth and kindness for maximum effectiveness.

It’s the day after Valentine’s Day. Are you still being just as kind and loving? Make everyday a day to show as much love as possible. 

Show love in a way that they will understand. Not everyone understands love the same way. There’s love languages with much nuance in language. So show love and be thoughtful about it so you speak their love language. 

Don't sacrifice being love for being right. We don't have to always be right. Truth will prevail eventually and love always prevails. So if you have to choose, choose love.

Fighting rarely accomplishes what we want. It's not a good use of time and energy. Loving does much more.

Growth is impossible without love. Fear and hate will inhibit or have the opposite effect of love. You want to grow, love. You want to see something else grow, pour in love!