LOVE DIPLOMACY
Making the World a Better Place through Love!
You cannot love without benefiting from it yourself. Every act of love brings with it multiplied benefits. Love is like a two-edged sword; it cuts doubly. It is like a boomerang; it comes back at you with the same force. But most importantly, love is like corn seed; you plant one grain, it brings you back multiplied grains in each cob. The world is run by this law. Everything comes in reciprocity: love, and you will be loved. Admire creativity, and you will be creative. Seek to understand, and you will be understood. Listen, and your voice will be heard. Teach, and you will learn. And the list is endless.
People never forget acts of love. Haven’t you wondered why people labour hard to find something good in the deceased? Implicitly, people believe that every good action deserves recognition. This is very true of human nature. Love mates with love. When you love, or do a deed, or say a word, or show a gesture of love, you create multiplied channels of pouring good things into your life. In other words, you open doors for more blessings. Loving others means loving yourself.
Loving others is the best way of investing your life. Do you want to reap profit from your life? The answer is simple: simply find someone who needs to be loved, and love him or her. Society is full of people in need. You don’t need to look far. At every corner you turn, there will be someone desperately in need of your love. The good news is: it rarely takes money to love. A kind word, a calculated gesture, a philanthropic act, and so many other ways, will do.
Love begins with addition and graduates to multiplication. Love increases. Love takes little and makes it large. Love makes others great even at its own expense. Love gives more than it can receive. Love is not envy; it rejoices in the victories of other people. Because where there is love there will be multiplied blessings!
In marriage or relationships the tendency has been toward reduced affection after a few years of being together. Before marriage, couples exchange gifts, remember each other’s anniversaries, and go out of their ways to satisfy each other’s needs. That should not end in marriage. The more years you spend together, the more your love should grow. Now that you know more about your partner, you should discover better ways of pleasing him or her. You should now understand what makes him or her happy. You can therefore do more than before.
Here is a challenge: Are you still giving the same gifts and attention you used to give to your partner before marriage? Have you improved the way you take care of those close to you? Or are you stagnant or failing to articulate love the way you used to? If the answer to any of these questions is "Yes," then you’ve slackened. Love multiplies. Today, choose to give more, to care more, to do more!
Love not only is life, but it can also lengthen it. I cannot overemphasize the fact that love is the single most powerful force that lengthens life. The heart is its reservoir and deeds are its reward. When love is injured the heart bleeds. This may lead to psychological and biological complications.
Often the cure lies in a little bit of love. People who are loved or who love often escape so many illnesses. Love cures low self-esteem, inferiority complex, stress-related disorders, loneliness, worry, and much more. When someone is low or sick, next time try to induce the love dose. It will work.
Here is a litmus test: Is anyone you know sick? Visit him and care. Love cares for sick people. Sometimes love does not say words, but only cares with its presence. Pay him a visit and say nothing. Your presence may bring him healing. All that most of them need is a caring presence. You can change a life; you can love your way to life.