“Hope is not about proving anything. It’s about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us.”
Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
Each day I move towards believing this at deeper and deeper levels. Hatred and violence just are not the answers. Let’s try living the idea that love is the answer. Not just talk about it but truly love! It means learning how to open our hands and offer love to others.
6 Comments
Faye
To quote the Beatles (I think), “Love is all there is.” Happy Tuesday, Monte!
Monte Stevens
I believe you are correct. Showing our age! 😍
Joe
Anne Lamott is great. Love her writing as sometimes her poetic phrasing comes to an abrupt halt in sentences like this. Lennon and McCartney had it right.
Monte Stevens
She has a great way of presenting those punchlines that we need to hear. There are many who offer that message but are not heard. However, it is our task to continue to pass that on by how we live. I fail quite often but I continue to get back up.
Tom Dills
I recently came across this quote, attributed to Jimi Hendrix, which seems appropriate here:
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”
Yes, love is the answer, but only if we are asking the right questions.
Monte Stevens
I have seen that quote also by Jimi Hendrix. Poet have a way of saying things that some people will understand.