are diamonds REALLY a girl's best friend?
Valentine's Day is only two days away. Instead of agonizing over the fact that you can't afford the most expensive gadget, think about the good that you can do, the effort of being a "someone" to somebody else...this is the greatest gift of all!!!
The following paragraph is from a Heavenletter that I received last week that I think is appropriate for this event. Read on:
"When all is said and done, what matters? What has been your contribution to the world? There is only one contribution you can make, and that is love. That is the only thing to give. Every challenge teaches you that. As much as you may not want to learn that love is what counts and nothing else does, you are learning that.
You were born of love. Somewhere
along the line, you aspired to other things that seemed more charming –
for a while. What matters anything without love? Diamonds are symbols
of love. Love is their value. Not their carats. Carats are only an
approximation. Oh, yes, a gift of a diamond can warm your heart, yet
without love accompanying the diamond, the diamond loses its shine. Not
even the greatest diamond in the world is worth an inch of that
dandelion that a loving heart gives you.
Cultivate your own love, and the whole world will be a symbol of a great diamond of love."
Think back to when your children were little, of how they went into a field and found a fistful of dandelions and presented them to you...of how you fawned over them as if they were the best present since roses. The heart of that little child swelled, knowing that what he did was good and pure and the giving, unconditional. This is how we are to be now---pure, unconditional love.
When I was about eight years old, I wrote a story that I gave to my best friend in school. It was a story from my heart. I hoped that she would read it and revere it. Instead, she said it was "dopey" and left it on the playground. When I went to look for it later, the rain of that afternoon had turned it to a soggy mess. As soggy as the tears in my heart were.
Give of yourself. Give until it hurts. If you are rebuffed, give to another. Love has no boundaries or time limits. It is free and will come back to you in many ways.
Think back to when your children were little, of how they went into a field and found a fistful of dandelions and presented them to you...of how you fawned over them as if they were the best present since roses. The heart of that little child swelled, knowing that what he did was good and pure and the giving, unconditional. This is how we are to be now---pure, unconditional love.
When I was about eight years old, I wrote a story that I gave to my best friend in school. It was a story from my heart. I hoped that she would read it and revere it. Instead, she said it was "dopey" and left it on the playground. When I went to look for it later, the rain of that afternoon had turned it to a soggy mess. As soggy as the tears in my heart were.
Give of yourself. Give until it hurts. If you are rebuffed, give to another. Love has no boundaries or time limits. It is free and will come back to you in many ways.
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