This week in class we've been talking about love. What is it? For me this is the definition of love, "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 1 Corinthians 13:4-7.
Now this is not easy to do, I'll be the first to say, but this is what true love is. A pure, complete giving of your whole self. Putting others before yourself, and caring for their wellbeing. This kind of love does not magically happen, it takes work, a conscious effort to lower your needs to someone else's. It could be very foreign to us given our current society, to only care for our gratification. But I believe thinking about yourself all the time is exhausting. Personally, when I am thinking only about myself I feel shallow and superficial, I crave a deeper meaning, and a deeper happiness that stems from helping others. It's amazing how something as little as a smile could change someone's entire day, and we will never know the impact we had on them. As Mother Teresa stated, "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."
Perhaps the next movie in class we can watch is Pay it Forward (I'm pretty sure that's the one where someone does something good and it affects multiple peoples lives because then everyone starts doing nice things?).
I know this might be kind of random but I know how in class we pick love songs, and there is these two Dean Martin songs that I love, Innamorata (Sweetheart) and Return To Me (Ritorna-Me). Check them out:)
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