Love is unconditional and selfless. If there are conditions, then we are not loving. To love is to be responsible for everything that our intentions, thoughts, and actions do to both animate and inanimate objects. When we love our homes, we keep them clean and maintain them. When we love the planet, we do our best to reduce, reuse, and recycle. When we love our pets, we give them the care, discipline, and the attention they need. When we love another person, we repect their needs and do nothing that might contribute or lead to their suffering. When we love, we have compassion and the wish to do what is best for others.
The Persian poet Hafiz composed a beautiful poem which perfectly exemplifies what it means to love. He said: " Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, " You owe me." Look what happens with a love like that- it lights up the whole world."
Love is a truly selfless act. To love means we, like the sun, give unconditionally without the expectation to getting anything in return. Let ' s celebrate this Valentine ' s Day, and every day, with acts of love for our family and friends, for strangers, for animals, and for our whole planet. Love is the highest vibration. All we need is... to love.