Feb

11

Love Heals

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by Janet J. Seahorn

This week is the week of the Heart.  Yep, lots of hearts in the multiple shapes and shades of Valentine cards.  This is the week — some focus only on one day — to call forth the power of Love.  Sounds, corny, but it is true.  Love heals.

One only needs to watch a small child with a skinned knee crying for comfort.  Mom enfolds the tiny tot in her arms, puts a band aid on the boo boo, kisses it gently, and soothingly says to her child, “See all better”.  And the child believes.  Wow!  If the emotional counselors are correct, what we focus on we get.  Perhaps we should try to focus on Love, even for a day.  Test the statement, “Love Heals”.

Love Heals acts of war…

Guns, bombs, and torture certainly don’t.

Love Heals violent acts of countless forms.

I may never forget a terrible act, but maybe I can get to a bit of forgiveness.

Love Heals our physical and emotional pain.

Ask a pet owner of the power of his precious companion.

 Love heals our fears.

“Worry is simply the habit of focusing on what we don’t want.”  (January 22, 2010, Daily Word)

Through the strength of the Heart, Love Heals.  And like that small child, I choose to believe.