no one to love

I was talking to someone the other day who bemoaned that "they have no one to love."

Maybe you are single.  Maybe you are in a dead end relationship.  Maybe you feel unloved.  Maybe you feel that you have no one to love.

I disagree.  Although you may not get to hug or kiss them, there are tons of people around you to love.  You can show love to people every day in thousands of ways.  It is just a matter of a choice.  Will I reach for them and care for them or will I make our encounter about me?

The server, the UPS man, the person behind the counter, the checker, the neighbor, the cousin, the person on the end of the phone call, the client, the bank teller, on and on it goes.

All of these people need love.  So do you, but the best way to feel full of love is to give it away.

When I was at Woods Chapel, I received a Christmas card a number of years that had the Rogers and Hammerstein quote in it:

A bell's not a bell till you ring it.
A song's not a song till you sing it.
Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay.
Love isn't love till you give it away.

No one to love?  Wrong.  Get out there and get in the game.  Hundreds of people are waiting for you to love them.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.