Love is Everything

A wise man recently imparted some truth
upon my humble ears
And in so many words he told me that
"Love is Everything"
As I speak those words, our earthly ears begin to argue
"Well it surely is important" we say, in our complicated and overrun brains
"But Everything?"
What about trust & faith, work & struggle, daily life and goals & earthly pursuits?
What about money & survival, injustice, stress and unresolved fears?
But even as we fight the idea because it seems too simplistic to encompass everything
A part of our souls knows it to be true
Like all truths so simply spoken yet seemingly impossible to fulfill

Love is Everything.

Love is surrendering our walls of lifelong protection to the energy that surges through life
Knowing that when we feel hurt by others, it is because they are hurting themselves
Love is the easy nurturing that a tree gives to its seed
as part of itself dies without remorse
Love is listening to the struggles of others
without judgment or consideration of oneself
Love is honoring yourself without guilt or punishment
so that your heart may remain open when faced with anger
Love is being able to take the blame so that the passage to love
may be opened and freed of regret
Love is acceptance for all that you do not understand
Knowing that you have no control over the actions of others
Except that you may surround them in your love
until they feel safe enough to soften into you
and allow themselves to be in love

Love when it is true and selfless and pure
with no goal or agenda but love itself
Is never wrong
never failing
never misguided or confused
It simply Is

And the reason why we invite all who we know and love
to bear witness to moments such as this
Moments when the emotions of life are so overwhelming
that we may catch ourselves off guard without argument or retort
Forgetting to protect ourselves from each other
Forgetting to be preoccupied and distant in our daily travels
Is so that we may remember what in fact is truer than all
So that we may be inspired by love throughout today and for years to come
And clearly see in the love
that these two people share
that
it is possible
that Love truly is Everything

We all wish for you both,
the easy flow that love brings
that you will always find home in one another's arms
That you will forever see tears of joy in each other's eyes
That you will always feel peace in the understanding of another human soul
that you will have the simplicity that comes in knowing that
Someone else wants more for you than you could ever ask for yourself
That you will breathe together and allow all other things to melt away
That you will grow and change along your unseen paths
and always find your way back to one another

But life is not always simple or easy
nor happy or peaceful
and in such times we all forget to breathe

And so above all I wish for you
the knowledge that love brings
that through struggle and pain
change and fear
loneliness and loss

You need only remember
the love that you feel so deeply in your hearts today
You need only close your eyes
and soften your walls and let that love hold you close

You need only remember that

Love is Everything

and in turn

Love will be all you see