Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Campaign

The other night I went to a surprise birthday party for one of my friends from college.
Several of my friends from college were there.
It was so refreshing to see all of them and to reconnect with them.
This party gave me an overwhelming sense of how much I adore and miss these people being in my day-to-day life.
All of this got me thinking of how much our relationships, next to God and our person, are the only things we have true possession of in this life.

I want to make my relationships better.
I have an idea of how to do this.
What would our relationships look like if we loved unselfishly?
What if we let go of our insecurities in our relationships- what I mean by this is I have a vision of loving others just to love them for what they are right then and there...without any thought of ourselves and how they might make us look better or worse.
All days should be days to celebrate the love that we are allowed to give and receive from those we adore- not just birthdays, Thanksgiving, or Christmas.
What if we said, "Thank you for being you!" and actually meant it?
What if our heart songs were allowed to come out?

Some of you may have already found peace in this idea.
I believe I am beginning to- beginning to love those I love in a way that Jesus would call us to know so intimately in our friendships, our business partnerships, our marriages, our family ties...
This year I want to begin a campaign for myself- you may come on it too
I'm calling it The Campaign for Heart Songs.
Through this personal event I pledge to write a letter, at least once a week, to those who have given me the honor of being in relationship with them.
Anything can happen in this life and I want to know that those I love know- with some sort of physical proof- of that love I share with them.
You may not feel so strongly about writing a letter to one you love, nor as strongly as my motives in doing this, but I am sure you feel strongly about at least one person in this world. So, tell them. Somehow.
Everybody deserves to know at least one man or woman in this world loves them.
Everybody.
You too are included in this.

So, treat others as you would want to be treated.
I've never found fault in loving.
Have you?
Play your heart song.

...until next time...


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