I ran across this today reading a few groups I belong to and I
thought I would share it.
A Definition of Unconditional Love
"I love you as you are as you seek to find your own special way
to relate to the world, or the way you feel that is right for you.
It is important that you are the person you want to be and not
someone that I or others think you should be. I realize that
I cannot know what is best for you although perhaps sometimes
I think I do. I've not been where you have been, viewing
life from that angle you have, I do not know what you have
chosen to learn, how you have chosen to learn it, with whom
or in what time period. I have not walked life looking through
your eyes so how can I know what you need.
I allow you to be in the world without a thought or word of
judgment from me about the deeds you undertake. I see no error
in the things you say and do, in this place where I am. I see
that there are many ways to perceive and experience the different
facets of our world. I allow without reservation the choices you
make in each moment.
I make no judgment of this for if I were to deny your right to
evolution then I would deny that right to myself and all others.
To those who would choose a way I cannot walk, whilst I may not
choose to add my power and my energy to this way, I will never
deny you the gift of love that God/dess has bestowed within me
for all creation, as I love you so I shall be loved, as I sow,
so I shall reap.
I allow you the universal right of free will to walk your own path,
creating steps or to sit a while if that is what is right for
you. I will make no judgment of these steps, whether they are large
or small, nor light or heavy or that they lead up or down, for this
is just my viewpoint. I see you do nothing and judge it to be
unworthy and yet it may be that you bring great healing as you stand
blessed by the light of God/dess.
I cannot always see the higher picture of divine order. For it is the
inalienable right of all life to choose their own evolution and with
great love I acknowledge your right to determine your future.
In humility I bow to the realization that the way I see is best for
me does not have to mean that it is also right for you. I know that
you are led as I am following the inner excitement to know your own
path.
I know that the many races, religions, customs, nationalities and
beliefs within our world bring us great richness and allow us the
benefit of teachings of such diverseness. I know we each learn in our
own unique way in order to bring that love and wisdom back to the
whole. I know that if there were only one way to do something, there
would need to be only one person. I will not only love you if you
behave in a way I think you should, or believe in those things I
believe in, I understand you are truly my brother and sister though
you may have been born in a different place and believe in another
God/dess than I.
The love I feel is for all of God/ess world. I know that every living
thing is part of God/dess and I feel a love deep with every person,
and all trees, and flowers, every bird, river, ocean and for all
the creatures in all the world.
I live my life in loving service being the best me I can becoming
wiser in the perfection of divine truth, becoming happier in the joy
of unconditional love."
-- Author Unknown
I've been very blessed in my life to have witness and been the recipient
of Unconditional love from my parent's, family, fiancee, our children
and on occassion friends. I hope that I have returned it to them
ten fold in my efforts, words and actions.
-Yoda
