LOVE

Okay a lovely friend of mine reminded me that I was going to post a little story about LOVE. And while I can't remember my exact point or specific reason for thinking that it was all that important when I wrote that, here goes. . . . . I have a necklace with the word LOVE on it. I've had this particular LOVE necklace for more than 10 years now and it is a near replica of another LOVE necklace that I had many, many years ago. I can't for the life of me remember at this moment, where or how I came to have the original LOVE necklace (written in a font that just screams of the 60's) I just know that it was very important to me because of a song I learned in church when I was a young child (and also the reason why I had a near replica made when I lost the original). The song was this: "Beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God and he who loves is born of God and knoweth God. He who does not love, does not know God, for God is love. Beloved, let us love one another, first John, 4:7&8." And you have to say the "first John, 4:7&8" part or it just isn't finished! And yes, I was singing the tune in my head as I wrote that. And obviously it is from the Bible, duh. Now, why, that song stuck in my head for all of my life is peculiar but I have to admit that even through many years of questioning religion, God, etc., I always KNEW that God is LOVE. And I lived by that "fact" no matter what. And somehow I figured that if I just loved others I would "get by," "be okay" or "make it through well enough" even IF God wasn't always a part of my daily life. So, at the CTMH convention, (that was what I was rambling on about the other night, right?) part of our check in process (not for the hotel but for the "event") was to go up to a wall upon which tons of buttons were stuck. Buttons that had words like "passion," "creativity," "honesty," (which I almost chose because I am passionate about honesty) but then I saw it. . . . a purple button with the word LOVE on it and I knew that was MY button! The reason for the buttons was for the give-aways during the general sessions and other classes and while the LOVE buttons were never chosen for those of us who were wearing them to win a prize, I got to keep my LOVE button and now I have a necklace and a button with my favorite word! Okay, so this all sounds sort of corny now but that was my LOVE story. Hope you enjoyed it and . . . . . LOVE to all! P.S. I just recalled (maybe part of my mind is coming back, ha, ha) while reading through this post that a very dear friend of mine gave me the original LOVE necklace and that is another reason why I treasured it so much!