Love is Patient

I love this verse.  It is one of my favorites.  I think we should all learn it and live by it.  Sometimes we falter, but we should show our hearts as often as possible.  I wear mine on my sleeve personally.  I ask myself regularly what I can do to be a better person.  So I am revisiting this verse and going to try to live each line.  I want it to become second nature.  I want to always treat people with Kindness and Patience. Listen to them, help when I can.  Do for them the things I can.  I want to not Brag about the good things and Never be jealous of the worldly things or other people.  Love openly and share my love with others and hope they share theirs.  Never be rude and hateful to people.  Try to talk kindly to them, even if there is a problem, talk it out without dishonor or rudeness.  I  don't ever ever want to be self-seeking.  I have not ever looked at another human and thought "what can I get out of them?"  And I never want to be that person.  I think Anger can always happen in our lives, but we should be very slow to get there.  Compassionate towards others.  Always forgive, never hold a grudge.  I have beat people up with their wrongs before and I will NOT do this anymore.  ALWAYS forgive.  Always accept the truth and be happy that I was told the truth.  Never Lie.  There is no reason to embellish or lie about a situation.  It brings untrust and hurt.  I will always protect the ones I love.  With all my love and all my heart I will watch over those in my life. Trust those I love to a fault.  Yes, it needs to be earned, but give that opportunity.  I will always always hope for the best and hope for love and life to be the greatest gift.  And I will always preserve this love.  I will not let love become ugly and hurtful.  It says love never fails.  I have allowed love to fail in my life.  I have failed love.  But I will from this day forward, work my hardest to never fail love or those I love again.  If we do not allow our hearts to harbour this kind of love, then we are greatly missing out.

These two smallish Humans are my reasons for wanting to be a better person.  I want to get up in the Morning, Every Morning, look in the Mirror and be able to say: "See that Girl right there?  She is AWESOME!  She loves her family and friends and shows it every day!"  I want my Children to be able to look at me and say the same thing.  Not only about their Momma, but themselves.  I want them to see the world with love in their hearts and shining out their eyes and their smiles.  I want their older siblings to want to be an inspiration to them by watching me.  I feel if I live my way in a manner that is Loving, Kind, and always as positive as possible, they will grow up knowing they are of great value not only to me, but to the world.

I know that I am of great value to my parents.  They love each other and My Brother and I more than we could ever ask.  They want nothing in return from us.  Just our love.  And we give it.  My Folks have taught me to be who I am.  I realize that without them, I would be a fraction of the person I am.  They have taught me kindness, love, faith, hope, loyalty, and empathy.  As I get older I realize that these were important.  My Morals were important.  Still are.  I just hope I can show my  Children the same things they showed me.  Being a single parent it is much harder to show them how great love between their Parents can be.  But I do hope they will learn that I love.  Oh my how I love.  When I share my love with someone, it is a great gift.  I give away that love freely and no strings attached.  I only  ask it back in return.  Like my parents, that is all I need from people.  Love.