The measure is love.

Since we are summoned to become lovers,
then the measure of our hearts,
the measure of our lives is simply and purely. . . .

Love.

Self-giving love, compassion, friendship love, family love, community love, love of the earth, its peoples, my brothers and sisters everywhere. And the courage to risk this.

Now here may be part of the secret: if I am called to love God totally (mind, soul, heart, strength) and my neighbor as myself, no, change that if to since I am called. . .(and I ask God for that grace), THEN I should act as if the grace is received, and in so acting, thereby receive it.

We learn by doing. And sometimes by failing.

Now I am beginning, at this stage in my life - and therefore
humbly - to discover all over again what it is to be a lover.

Grandchildren, spouse, life,--the true giftedness of every day.

So a lot of my posting shall be about Love. I do believe that we
are each born with "holes in our hearts" that only something outside
ourselves can fill. We can fill that hole with things.
Actually most any Thing.
But no Thing will ever satisfy us.
Not even faith.
Not Truth.
Not religion.

There are those who believe they possess all three of those: faith, truth
and true religion, but they do not have love.
They cannot risk listening to a point of view that may be
very different from their own.

St. Paul told us there was faith, hope and love,
and the greatest of these
is
love.

We must risk talk and sharing what our hearts are full of.
And
Keep on
learning
to listen.

Be well. Have a good day.
Let some love stretch you today.

Paschal