LOVE CONQUERS ALL

LOVE CONQUERS ALL

Let’s face it.  At times it can be challenging to love.  Not everyone is kind and considerate.  Not every one is easy to talk to, to connect with, or simply to be around for a few moments.  What is most difficult, however, is finding the strength, compassion and love to truly forgive, especially when you are been deeply hurt or wounded and the pains are fresh.

Consider the story of a handsome baby boy who was born to a childless couple after eleven years of marriage.  They were a very loving couple and their baby boy quickly became the apple of their eyes.

One morning, when the child was two years old, the husband noticed an open medicine bottle.  He was late for work, so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and put it away.  Preoccupied in the kitchen, his wife totally forgot the matter.

Their toddler spotted the bottle and was immediately drawn to it and was totally fascinated with the bright color of the liquid inside.  Tragically, the child drank the entire contents of the bottle, a medicine which benefited adults in small dosages, but was poisonous to young children.

Soon afterwards, the child collapsed and the mother hurried him to the hospital where he died.  The mother was stunned and terrified.  How could she face her husband and tell him this terrible news?

When the distraught father arrived at the hospital and found their beloved child dead, he looked at his wife and uttered just four words.

What do you think those four words were?

The husband simply said, “I love you darling.”

The husband’s totally unexpected reaction was proactive and positive behavior.  Since their child was dead and could not be brought back to life, there was no upside in finding fault with the mother.  ‘Besides,’ the father thought, ‘If only I had taken a little time to put the bottle away, this would not have happened.’

The blame game would be futile and pointless. The mother had lost her only child, and what she really needed at that moment was genuine consolation, acceptance and love.  This husband looked deep within, and that is exactly what he offered her.

Bottom-line: Let’s treasure the people and blessings we have.  Let’s refuse to multiply anguish, suffering and pain by holding tenaciously to resentment, anger and unforgiveness.

Sisters and brothers, walk in forgiveness (divine and human) and be continually blessed!