Isn't It Amazing? Loving at all Times.

This to me a a pretty deep post because of how varying it is among so any of us who live so very different lives, but nevertheless I'll share with you what's in my thoughts.

Let's start at the core -"at all times" ...that in itself is a more than just an obligation, it is definitely heart stuff.  I'm sure eve before I get started here some of you (not all of you) who are reading will pick up on this immediately, that's because you've probably been in an "at all times" arena or you currently are in one, or you're just about to enter into one.  Something happened to you along your life's journey that involved someone else (and I mostly speak of someone, not just something), and this ignited a compassion, our inner capacity of love to reach, stretch, give, impart, open-up, enjoy, encourage or uplift in a way that we may have never imagined we'd do. Shocking, hmm? Yeah, you! And then again, if you understand "at all times" then what I'm speaking of is not so foreign to you.  Having someone that you've made friends with, that you have come to admire is great.  Having someone who admires you for you is a gift. But when you email them they don't immediately email you back/call you back...you get upset.  You email/call them again and the same thing happens...you respond the same, you decide "I'll scratch them off my list" or "I'll just ask them why the next time..." -but you don't. You wait. You think. You assess. You drop your guard. You really think about it. You drop your emotions (and selfishness). You re-group, -they email/call!  You're elated with emotion, there's a immediate surge of something warm and wonderful that flows through your body, lubricating your mind, administering ointment to your inner joints, -you smile, you think, you smile, is it love? Well, maybe...if it's that deep, but oftentimes it's just a "phileo" type of love, but regardless of what you're feeling -it's at all times.  Ok, this happened to me...but I still keep on loving -at all times.  Remember that it's so easy to forget that they have a life of their own, remember to love them no matter where you are...because we forget and we only see our need. Don't let this trip you up, remember to love at all times. Not emotionally, not conditionally, not because something great just happened to us monetarily, but regardless...genuinely "at all times." p 17:17