Love Is What Does It
The cares of this life can often keep us disconnected from what love really is. Everytime I have had the desire to give up on real loves existence in this world the laughter of a child would pierce through my dulled senses and begin to reignite my hope and bring me so much joy. Think about it an innocent giggle from a happy baby, a reach down inside your tiny little belly laugh of an exhuberant little child. How about the squeal of excitement that most children give seconds before they burst into the next round of intense laughter when being tickled!?! Yep those images bring smiles to often even the most stodgy adult face. Now, hold that thought and join me on a journey into the mere simplicity of how a child sees love. A hug when they wake up either in the morning or from a nap. A bandaid on a scraped knee when they have fallen. A kiss goodnight. A clean diaper when they need to be changed. A warm meal when their little tummy is hungry. A constant consistent repeat of any of those things that I just mentioned. I know I may be sounding a bit random but stay with me here we're going somewhere.
My Daddy always said "love is what it does" and this morning as I write I need you to now take the simplicity of the things I mentioned before and let's look at them in reference to the act of "doing" or snap I'll be grammatically correct and say "showing love". Gatlinburg is on fire right now what could you be doing to show love? Yep that thought you just had just act on it! It's the Holiday season and someone somewhere not so very far away from where you are sitting reading this blog post is depressed. What crossed your mind to ease someone's depression? Well it's ok as long as it is legal and doesn't cause any harm to yourself or anyone else to go do it! You have a genuine gesture that crossed your mind as a simple way of showing love just by reading my two little suggestions. I'm telling you it really is just that simple go ahead and do it. Don't worry about who won't do it with you just be true to yourself and demonstrate that one simple act of kindness that guess what is really an expression of love. It's "A" ok to be found doing those simple little things some people have lost touch with. Remember "love is what it does" what will you do today to bring the simplicity of love back to life?
