My mind has been buzzing since I read a post last night on 'The Weed' about a man who is openly homosexual and happily married to a woman. For the full story, take some time to read his entire post--there's no way I could sum up the eloquence of his words. But it's not the rightness or wrongness of homosexuality that has absorbed me, this post has me meditating on something much more important--love...and the overwhelming deep multifaceted meanings of that one simple word.
One of the tattoos I've marked my body with (which is a post for another day) is the Hebrew word 'Hesed', which is the singular word meant to encompass God's eternal, reciprocal loving kindness. One word...for something so big. Love is an enormous concept and to limit it is to limit a relationship with The Ultimate Creator.
Through the beating of my heart today, I've heard nothing but love...love for my children, for my husband--my best friend, for the woman across from me on the train, for my family...which honestly encompasses all of you. I am overflowing with love, my friends...my brothers and sisters.
The bottom line is this: I don't care if you know me or not. If you follow this blog or find it on a random google search. I don't care if you are gay or straight, whether you breastfeed your babies or not...whether you are mormon, christian, atheist or are simply lost.
I love you.
Unconditionally.
As I love my children, as I love my brother and my sister.
There is nothing you could do that could make me love you less.
That's all I have for today...just one small word, but oh, so much.
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