Being human is tough. But it’s also pleasurable. We get to experience sunshine, moonbeams, starlight, ocean waves, mountains, puppies, dark chocolate, music, roses, waterfalls, and love. Most of all, love. Love is what allows us to see worth in all of these things. Love embodies everything it means to be human. It fills us up and makes us whole. It breaks us and rebirths us. Because of love, there’s hope. Love in its true form doesn’t let us divide because, whether we choose to remember it or not, we’re all connected. We’re all children of the same planet, the same …
The truth really will set you free
An ancient story goes… A king instructs a group of blind men to describe an elephant. Each man feels one part of the elephant’s body–the tusk, the leg, the trunk, the tail. Each gives a detailed–and very different–report about the elephant. Then they come to blows about who is right. Each man is describing his honest, real experience about the elephant, yet each misses the big picture, the whole truth. How do you view the world? How do you view yourself? Other people? It feels good to stand in our worldviews, doesn’t it? It gives us kind of a power …