Jon Ondrasik, the lead singer of Five for Fighting, is also an incredible song-writer of many tunes including The Riddle. The lyrics are certainly worth reading and the song is one of my favorites.
Love is patient, Love is kind... Love also provides for no strings of obligation. When I love, I am consciously aware of loving freely, without any expectation of returned favor. When I help someone, I do so with the understanding that they may indeed not be available when I need help. An idea that came bright as light for me today, was that when any of us ask for assistance, we need not be dismayed by any refusal or rejection, for this just indicates that a particular individual is helping someone else instead. In turn, when we are unable to provide assistance, for whatever the reason, we ought not to feel obligated, even if someone has provided us help. Love is not obligation. We all are so busy loving one another, timing often does not allow us to be on the same page at the same time.
Love is an action, in my perspective. It's not an emotion that makes us smile or cry tears of joy at sharing time together or sorrow for missing someone special. I once heard a quote from a minister in hospice "We are God with skin." - Indeed, God uses us to care for one another. He just doesn't promise who will provide that care at any given time.
We are richly blessed!
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