Be Love on Social Media

I have been told that I need to have more fun in my life. Activities with others can be relationship-building, like kayaking or bicycling or visiting a museum together. However, it seems like doing for the sake of doing is emphasized in these moments of “fun” versus the state of being. I can be with another without doing much at all. I know of people who live for planning one activity or event to the next. In between they work at jobs that sap their connection with the All. These are those who merely exist. They may have a great time at an event, yet often there is a letdown afterwards, because the anticipation is what is lived for even more than the actual activity or event itself. This is not joy. Seek joy instead of fun.

It is difficult not to judge others or to be critical. I have a difficult time with those who say they are followers of Jesus, yet hold mean thoughts and do hurtful acts against another human or animal. They justify it by saying the other is sinning and they want to either help change him or her, or punish them. Neither makes sense. You can’t change a person by being hurtful. Love is the greatest healer and will affect the greatest change. Punishing is even more confusing. Jesus would not want us to take judgment or punishment as our own. But I need to let go of my own criticalness of them. I cannot change them, but only love for who they truly are.

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We often join together in judgment of a person, a group, or an idea. This is especially seen in these times of social media. Collective judgment can be a useful tool in encouraging socially healthy and respectful behaviors among community members. However, it can easily transform into mob mentality that is hurtful and repressive, causing another so much pain that they cease to want to exist. Please practice discernment before posting and together we can create social media that is uplifting and supportive, educational and life-affirming. Be loving, instead of judging.

Be love now: with your family, your community, and your world. There is no place, no time, no person who and where one cannot be a loving presence.

…And then one hears of someone, even a child, doing incredible acts of compassion and it makes the soul soar with gratitude.