The best love is the kind that awakens that soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.
As Swamiji said:
“Without love, we cannot really grow and blossom to our full potentials. Without love, we also cannot be really happy and healthy. Love sustains us. Love nourishes us. It is the source of life and existence. That is why religions and spiritual masters refer to God as ‘Love Infinite’… The greatest hunger in the world today is not for food, but for love. Mother Teresa had pointed out that ‘the tragedy of the modern world is lack of love’. She also had said: “Where there is hatred you can sow love; where there is injury you can sow pardon! Spread love everywhere you go!”
Most of the individuals are narcissists – they love themselves (though many do not deserve it!). Many love others – family, citizen, even animals (especially dogs & cats), and plants. One of my friend’s wife tells me that she loves plants and she regularly talks to them and they blossom (smile!) in response.
There is selfish love. There is selfless love which is the best gift of God to many, e.g. Mother Teresa. To love another person is to see the face of God.
Happiest are the people who love and are loved.
Martin Luther King Jr. Wrote:
I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Let us all decide the same.
(August is the month of my birthday. So, it is a special month of love, and this is my ‘BHET’).
