Daily Question, April 1 How can I best love the world? 38 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. TLorinda6 months agoTLorindaLoving myself and all the things closest to me. 1 Reply Malag6 months agoMalagCan’t my love for it be just good enough? Do I need to compete with myself to have it be best? Good enough is noticing the moment of the clock’s tick, hearing the dawn chorus of birds, feeling the cool air on my skin. And hopefully generally behaving in ways that help mitigate climate damage. 5 Reply Sara6 months agoSaraHow I care for and honor myself is how I can best love not only myself, but the world. I work on my inner world, so I can be my best for the outside world. 3 Reply Anonymous6 months agoAnonymouslive with joy 3 Reply KC6 months agoKCThe better I learn to love and care for myself, the better I am able to love the people and world around me. This is such a tough, challenging journey, but/ and without learning and practicing to love myself, i am really not much good or use to anyone else. I know it is not about me but/ and, nor is about giving myself away as a martyr to other peoples or the world's agendas, interests or needs. I am looking for a comfortable both/ and these days, and it seems to require a fair bit of self-com...The better I learn to love and care for myself, the better I am able to love the people and world around me. This is such a tough, challenging journey, but/ and without learning and practicing to love myself, i am really not much good or use to anyone else. I know it is not about me but/ and, nor is about giving myself away as a martyr to other peoples or the world’s agendas, interests or needs. I am looking for a comfortable both/ and these days, and it seems to require a fair bit of self-compassion and love. Without that, really, I am really not much good to anyone or anything. It feels like a tough and important journey… Read More4 Reply Don Jones6 months agoDon JonesWhy limit it to the world? Awakening, transcending, even for a quarter of a second, makes all the difference. 2 Reply Cathie6 months agoCathieAnd I do love the world. Sometimes I struggle with the idea that we should not love the world as we are made for greater things, but I am grateful for each day for this life I have been gifted. So how can I best love the world, by doing my best to take care of the earth and the people in it. Especially those places and people I have been given.. 3 Reply pkr6 months agopkrBy being kind. Spreading love & joy all over. ❤️🌸🙏 4 Reply Hermann-Josef6 months agoHermann-JosefSometimes the picture comes to my mind that all living creatures are different kinds of rare and beautiful flowers, living in and nourished by one big flowerpot. 🌹🌺🌸🌼🌻🌷🍀🍄🪴 5 Reply alara6 months agoalaraAs Br. David says: . Everything is surprise I’m in love with today’s poem and the happenings that have opened to me. . Love is transformative 2 Reply MemoPC6 months agoMemoPCI think of myself as a piece in a puzzle. My self puzzle- I try to check whether that “peace” is how I am right minded with myself. Am I trying to force something? The family puzzle - how am I fitting in position to those relationships and again when I am in right relationships we fit together easily.. The broader community puzzle is much the same - asking daily how I can best fit with the needs of others that I touch during my day. The world puzzle - that is a huge puzzle and my ...I think of myself as a piece in a puzzle. My self puzzle- I try to check whether that “peace” is how I am right minded with myself. Am I trying to force something? The family puzzle – how am I fitting in position to those relationships and again when I am in right relationships we fit together easily.. The broader community puzzle is much the same – asking daily how I can best fit with the needs of others that I touch during my day. The world puzzle – that is a huge puzzle and my “piece” seems very insignificant but I look for ways to contribute to our planet in positive ways that respects life. I think I best love the world when my “peace” fits smoothly into the other pieces around me in all those contexts. Read More3 Reply Michele6 months agoMicheleloved this 🧩💗 0 Reply Mica6 months agoMicaBy reigning in my anger before interacting with others? Yesterday I did fabric art – working on quilt tops – to find a calm place before contacting tech support, and my mind is so so much more useful when it’s in a calm place 4 Reply devy6 months agodevyBy practicing compassion with others, accepting differences even though I might now agree, by spreading words of love and peace. By respecting Mother Earth and contribute by doing my part looking after her. 5 Reply Barb C6 months agoBarb CSaying "the world" makes this an enormous question. The world is many, many pieces and parts encountered at small scale so I need to start with those "pieces". “Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.” ― M. Scott Peck This quote is included in All About Love ...Saying “the world” makes this an enormous question. The world is many, many pieces and parts encountered at small scale so I need to start with those “pieces”. “Love is the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth… Love is as love does. Love is an act of will — namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.” ― M. Scott Peck This quote is included in All About Love by bell hooks, a book I read last year when the leader of an institute on dignity-infused community engagement (in the world of urban planning) recommended it. We can bring love to anything, including and especially those parts of it we may think of as separate from love, like our professional work.. Today I’ll think of how much I genuinely love my job, and also how I can infuse love into my actions and intentions so I work lovingly. Read More3 Reply Chester6 months agoChesterDevelop and sustain myself, while simultaneously giving and supporting to the greatest of my ability. 5 Reply Carol6 months agoCarolHow can I best love the world? My first reaction to the question was my belief that love is a decision and grace and mercy are its tools. I share a quote from Richard Rohr adapted from his book “Everything Belongs.”: “Ask yourself regularly, “What am I afraid of? Does it matter? Will it matter in the great scheme of things? Is it worth holding on to?” We have to ask whether it is fear that keeps us from loving. Grace will lead us into such fears and emptiness, and grace alone can...How can I best love the world? My first reaction to the question was my belief that love is a decision and grace and mercy are its tools. I share a quote from Richard Rohr adapted from his book “Everything Belongs.”: “Ask yourself regularly, “What am I afraid of? Does it matter? Will it matter in the great scheme of things? Is it worth holding on to?” We have to ask whether it is fear that keeps us from loving. Grace will lead us into such fears and emptiness, and grace alone can fill them, if we are willing to stay in the void. We mustn’t engineer an answer too quickly. We mustn’t get settled too fast. We all want to manufacture an answer to take away our anxiety and settle the dust. To stay in God’s hands, to trust, means that we usually have to let go of our attachments to feelings—which are going to pass away anyway. People of deep faith develop a high tolerance for ambiguity and come to recognize that it is only the small self that needs certitude or perfect order all the time.” Life is trust worthy and the River of Grace flows in and through us when we are willing. Read More8 Reply Laura6 months agoLauraI enjoy the daily emails from Richard Rohr. They are often both challenging and uplifting. 1 Reply Carol6 months agoCarolLaura, I agree. 1 Reply Holly in Ohio6 months agoHolly in OhioIn permaculture the world is three things: people, planet, and self. When I think of the "best" love I can give, it will include love for these three parts. Caring for my community, caring about people all over the world, hoping for peace, economic and social justice, and kindness. For the planet I show my love by gardening food, lowering my consumption of wasteful goods, reducing my carbon footprint. And for myself, the various facets of self-care: eating healthy food and exercising, being arou...In permaculture the world is three things: people, planet, and self. When I think of the “best” love I can give, it will include love for these three parts. Caring for my community, caring about people all over the world, hoping for peace, economic and social justice, and kindness. For the planet I show my love by gardening food, lowering my consumption of wasteful goods, reducing my carbon footprint. And for myself, the various facets of self-care: eating healthy food and exercising, being around kind and supportive people, tending financial stability, and for me, having a creative outlet. Love is a daily thing. It is step by step. It is listening. It is sometimes not being afraid to speak up or do. Read More6 Reply Mica6 months agoMicaAnd you being one of the people, Holly, you also come first in who needs to be cared for! Don’t forget🤯 that 😘🤭🤗 2 Reply Barb C6 months agoBarb C“Love is a daily thing.” This. 3 Reply Charlie T6 months agoCharlie TI think the best way, is to be of service to others. I’m not there yet. Until then, I can be kind to all I encounter and attempt to have compassion for others. The compassion part can be challenging, when applied to “difficult” humans. 😲 5 Reply sunnypatti6 months agosunnypattiBy honoring the path of others. 6 Reply EJP6 months agoEJP“Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me”……… 7 Reply Mica6 months agoMica“Peace is flowing like a river, flowing out to you and me” 1 Reply 1 2 Next » My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. 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