Love ’ s happy Leap … ( 04 / 14 / 2012 )
Love ’ s happy Leap … ( 04 / 14 / 2012 )
“ If you can get humor & seriousness at the same time , then you ’ ve created a special little thing , and that ’ s what I ’ m looking for , because once you become pompous , you lose everything .” ~ Paul Simon
Interesting word , “ serious ” — on the one hand it implies that we must be earnest with our existence ; that we must realize that we all only get one shot at this dance called Life , and that we might do well to wake every day as if it were our last — to wake every day and go forth to “ Love all-out ” … I think this side of “ seriousness ” serves its Purpose quite well indeed .
Of course , there is another side to being “ serious ” — and this is the side that tells us we can only have a Meaning-full life by struggling to be perfect ; by struggling mightily to “ make the world a better place ”; by fighting aggressively to enforce “ justice ” &/ or by putting on a dour face and persevering “ to the bitter end ” … Nobly intended , these intentions are , and yet I ’ m not so sure they actually honor Life ( and I am quite certain that they don ’ t work ).
You see , to truly honor the precious gift of Life we have been given , we must indeed at some point set our selfishness aside and serve our Community — we must indeed release the desire for “ personal wealth ” in order to Give to others — we must quit building “ healthy boundaries ” in order to courageously Love our enemies . AND YET , these efforts are not a dour , “ serious ” business … Rather , the selfless mentality is actually a PRIVILEGE . Indeed , “ caring ” for others because we “ must ” or because we are “ supposed to ” or even because it is the only way to attain true Happiness for ourselves will actually prevent us from attaining that very Success . Indeed , the only way to truly honor life is to choose to serve others Joyfully – to choose to self-sacrifice Joy-fully … to choose to forgive “ mean people ” Joy-fully … and to choose to have lots of fun while doing so .
In-deed , once we set aside our fears & desires for self and happily “ dive in ” to Caring for others , LOVE is actually lots of fun .
So … got LOVE ?
“ Things won are done ; Joy ’ s soul lies in the doing .” ~ William Shakespeare
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