Heart Shaped World

The heart appears to us again and again in nature...leaves, rocks, clouds, wood grain, the shape of a human face. It is a universal symbol of love. Could it be a reminder, a message from the universe? With every click of our heels, we find that the answer has been not only in our own back yards all along but all around us. The universe is screaming it out to us. Yet we overlook it, take it for granted, miss it because it is too simple or too obvious. My then five year old son told me that he thinks that love is the code of the universe. Hmmmm. Out of the mouths of babes... Could it be? Could it be that "love conquers all" is more than just something we say to make others feel better? Could it be something to believe? Un raison d'etre? What do we actually know love can conquer? What might love conquer? What do we wish love would conquer?

I was thinking that maybe our ability to recognize love corresponds directly to whether or not we have been shown love with quality being more important than quantity. You could have love everyday of your life, but if it is tainted with expectations, strings, manipulations, obligations it wouldn't exactly prepare you or show you how to recognize, understand, give or receive the highest, purest love...unconditional, free, peaceful, blissful love. That is the love that moves people and causes change. That is the kind of love that Martin Luther King and Ghandi were speaking of. That is the kind of love that can possibly balance the universe. Couldn't it? If you have this love, know this love...it is your duty to give this love and show this love...in a smile, in compassion, understanding, grace...however you can.