LOVE AND PURPOSE

As I awoke this morning the thought came to me that love is the reason for everything. The real purpose behind every relationship, every task we undertake, every choice we make, every activity, and every experience is to find out that love is the reason we are here.

God is nothing but Love, Love/God is all there really is, and we are the love we seek but to the degree we fail to understand any of this we have failed to fulfill our purpose. That failure will manifest itself as inflated and misguided egos, chaos, death, self abuse and the abuse of others, destruction, war, anxiety, failed relationships, unnecessary illnesses, unhappiness, and a sense of futility. We will continue to build empires; put others down; mistreat and abuse others or/and our selves; lie; cheat; steal; abuse prescription and non prescription drugs, food, alcohol, and other substances; make life miserable for our selves and others; and in general fail to live out our purpose.

No matter how many wonderful things I do if love does not fuel my desires, steady my hands, or power my motivations I have failed to fulfill my life’s purpose.

There is a quote from the movie Moulin Rouge, where Toulouse-Lautrec says: “The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” I think that about sums it up. It is as simple as that.