Making love operational …

“Love is the answer” – easy to say, not so difficult to do.  I look at the crises in my home country Jamaica, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, political turmoil in Thailand, and innumerable crises begging for solutions that are different to what has been tried before.  I keep my mantra “Love is the answer”, knowing that within that is the solution.   Yet, this is high level thinking which is important as a start, but is not the entire solution.  How do I “operationalise” love?  How do I move “love” from being a word, to love being a way of being?

Love is the answer, and love-based ACTION is the solution.

Through the years I have repeatedly said to my children “I will always love you.  I may not like something that you do.  But I will always love you”.  That is what love-based action is about.  When we look at crises, love reminds us that we are all one.  Love reminds us of our shared divinity.  Love reminds us of our unity.  Love reminds us that deep within, you are I and I am you.  When we remember this, then we can make a true shift from blame, fear and guilt to being love.  We free our focus from the person to their action.  And now we are free to suggest, propose or take different actions.  I am now in a space of love and can truly say and know that “Love is the answer”.

For example, my son does not like schoolwork.  I have found myself, in total frustration saying to him, “What is wrong with you”?  But yesterday I reminded myself that nothing is wrong with him.  He is love.  I am love.  The solution is love.  This freed me to focus on his behavior and work with him to suggest, with love, ways to get his schoolwork done.  He was much more responsive and responsible.  Last night I watched with pride as he worked with his friend to complete a project due today.  I was tempted to admonish “You should have done this earlier”.  Instead, coming from love, I was able to say instead “How are you progressing” and “Good” – affirming his efforts rather than criticizing.

I am going to try this today with other situations.  As I look at the political crisis in Jamaica, I remember that everyone involved is love.  Gulp ….. including the Prime Minister, the politicians, the gangsters, and the police?  Yes …. everyone is love.  They are I and I am they.  Gulp ……   Now I am ready – well, getting there – for LOVE to show me the solutions.  I feel them coming … JOY!

Today, stay in a space of love.  Whenever there is a problem, remember the fundamentals – we are ALL love and loved.  And from that space, wonderful, magical solutions will emerge.