All you Need is Love
Watching a favorite movie on Christmas Day, Michael starring John Travolta, brought together so many memories and thoughts.
It’s a love story for sure – one in which Michael facilitates William Hurt and Andie McDowell in finding true love. He also brings back the beloved Sparky from the dead, shown in the picture above.
So its love and miracles and Christmas…not to mention humor, dancing and joy. As the holiday moves into the New Year, I am reminded not only of what is important but what is really needed.
At the risk of the constant criticism of being a Pollyanna, I offer this thought that all we need is Love. I don’t mean the shallow kind found in the up coming Valentine’s Day cards…I mean the kind that forgives and forgets – the kind that allows mistakes and affection in the same space – the kind that lasts a lifetime and maybe more.
The next recommendation I will make is on a book – Cherished Belonging by Greg Boyle. It not only touches on the power of Love but points us in that direction for the ills of our culture at the moment. The violence, the racism, the antisemitism, the despair- the loneliness. He points out that loneliness is really a failure to feel like you belong. And what would be the success? More love-more patience-more understanding- more wisdom.
Whether you see it in a movie or hear it in a song, please consider Love as the most important force we can employ. In our families, in our friendships, in our communities and in our world. Consider making it a central focus for 2025 and let it take you to the next level of human beingness.
The music might help so give a listen, and as you are reading this, especially you California friends, I will be standing with the man of my dreams, and saying I certainly do.
Happy New Year,
