God and Love
Love is felt and it can't be seen or touched. But God made sure that his care and affection will be felt as well as be seen. God is unseen and we haven' seen him physically but He is present here in our hearts and our fellow brothers and sisters. This pandemic made us believe that He is invisible or unreachable, no, HE is still the same God, yesterday, today and tomorrow. He will always be here for us no matter what. I am here to attest that ever since I can remember, I have survived many accidents and life threatening events that I believe God wanted me to overcome to stay alive, for a purpose and maybe this is the reason why. I still pray for another chance at life since I want to see my daughter grow and have a family of her own, or be with the person I love the most or see my books and organization succeed or be read by many so they too can see the goodness of the Lord. And that without Him none of this will happen or my life would be a waste without his graces and gifts. Hmm! Then tell me if His love isn't worth craving or dying for. Jesus is the Healer, Master and Servant Leader we want in this world and life. We must see that without Him all will be lost. Without Him, we will all be lost. How can we let others know about his goodness and love. It is by reading this humble book of mine or by sharing and spreading his good will and his words of wisdom that are written in the Bible. But since you or some won't find reading the Bible appealing or simple. I can help you with that and this is one way of letting you know the truth about God, Jesus, his love for us and love it self.
Love can come in many forms including crushes or mutual understanding with a man partner or can be with the same gender. Pope Benedict clarified that he want the LGBT community to be recognized not to let them marry but to have a place in society without discrimination or indifference and judgement. I too, love the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community, for I believe that love is love and we love not the gender but the person, the soul, heart or mind of the person we care about. Long before marriage was made a law in the Church, the first man and woman who were Adam and Eve blessed by God and they didn't marry. Then came the Garden of Eden story which made man and woman live in suffering, chaos, wars and poverty. But don't you think God had something more beautiful in mind. How can man multiply without knowing what's good and evil. Thus, how can we live without the knowledge about life, love and the world we live in. It must be God's will for us to wander out of Eden to simply be aware that there is more to life that being fend by the Almighty and live in a place where there's no pain, temptation and evil. I don't know but this world we live in now is a beautiful Earth where we learn from each other, we grow and develop many things, create stuff and share ideas, knowledge, thoughts and feelings. We grow as people and we live as men and women of greater purpose, of God's.
Falling in love is not just having feelings for a person but it can be for art, belief, idea, religion, political view, etc. I am in love with beauty and the magnificence of the world. The oceans and the mountains, the people and the cultures. They are so amazing that I save the pictures, the videos and the people in it on my Instagram file. Speaking of temptations, I can prove to you that a person can not be tempted to do evil or do bad if he or she doesn't want to. We are only tempted to do a thing when we allow it to consume us and be driven to make the mistake in spite of your conscience telling you otherwise. I love to be in love and fall for people telling me they love me or miss me or want me. But when I think about it, who among them truly want to be with me or see me as the woman I am made to be?
A man can desire for a woman and tell her all the good words and praises but still doesn't know shit about her and what she really wants or her desires. I have laughed many times for those men and women who allow themselves to be blinded by physical attraction and lust. But still couldn't tell me why they love or desire for me, maybe it's just about my body or my mind and heart. Either way, I still am searching or waiting for that one gift of a person that God has given me to love and share my life with always. Well, until then, I might be singing my heart out on Starmaker and sending inspirational quotes on IG or Twitter or on Linkedin. I heard an influencer say in his motivational videos, though I have forgotten his name, "if you want to make a change or influence others, will you be up for the challenge and be consistent enough to do it". That phrase stuck into my mind that until now I don't know if I'd be that influencer or speaker I want my self to be in future. In love or being in love, it is about the consistency and the affection, care or understanding that is forever or long lasting. The emotion may waver but not the respect, care, service, trust or loyalty you give to your partner in life or lover. It is the same as when a hero swore to protect his or her country or the world because of his or love for them. The feeling of saving the people or the world may differ or confuse him or her but not the action or the love which he or she gives for is beloved country or world.
It is no different with God, Jesus gave his own life to die on the cross for us and he saved us from sin, which we are already freed of then. And now we must continue to restore the world and the goodness in this world for our future. Not just for us but for our children and our children's children, so on and so forth. We must uphold what's right, true and just. We must act out of love and concern not out of fear or guilt, shame or greed. We are children of God and we must act it by protecting our nature, preserving our lands and securing the lives of our people and the world. We are on the verge of chaos and uncertainty. We must do something different to have different results. We must believe that God has his hands on this situation. He will save us but we need to act to save ourselves too. We need to do what's right and correct the mistakes we've made in the past. The past is gone and what lies before us is the present. We must make the present better for our future depends on it. We should work together to make this world a better, happy, healthy, just, safe and rich place to live in.
Love is love. Whether it is affection for a lover or family/friends, for your belief, or your daughter, country or world, it is still selfless, honorable, beautiful and service centered. Stay in love, be in love with life, yourself, your principle, your brothers/sisters, your country and Earth. If we love our selves, others, our nation and the world, we respect, care, share, show concern and be accountable for every non-living and living things around you, always.
I LOVE YOU!!!
I love my self too. Now, more than anyone else, I guess. That's good right!, I thought to myself after finishing the booklet seated on one of the benches near the bar. Oh well, I need to check this bar out so I'll know where to go after the event tonight. Since it's eleven a.m. I still have time to roam around the hotel and nearby shops. Cool!, I told myself and went down the elevator, since we are staying on the 11th floor. Dr. Stevens and Mr. Prakash shared a room and now in the hotel resto for coffee. He advised me to take Dalia along but I told him she's in the shower. Maybe she'll be down in a couple of minutes, more like an hour or so, hihi!. I walked inside the bar and checked the place, pretty cozy with a live band every Thursdays and open mic night at Fridays, says on the chart written outside the front door, aha, nice!. Then, the outdoors, hmm, the air is so fresh. Well, unlike in New York whish smells rowdy different, but still home for me especially at Harvard. Okay, wow, shoe and clothing shops are endless here. Wow!, another hotel taller than where we're staying at, wonderful. Anyway, maybe my team's looking for me.