Something to Love

Ernest Holmes once said, "We should all have something that we love to do. Something that will completely express the Self. Something that will loose the energies of life into action and turn the power into creative work. We should learn to love all people." What does the month of February, as the season of love, mean to us? Alison Armstrong describes Valentine's Day as the worst holiday we can imagine. A strange cultural ritual, it is often expressed as forced giving, forced intimacy. This whole position on Love---and how the world defines it---is reflected in Valentine's Day. It represents dependency, control, sentimentality, and emotionalism. In contrast, the strongest expression of unconditional love that we have is the love of a mother for her child. We can know that there is something within all of us that is complete and indestructible. When we no longer need a Valentine to validate our sense of self, we can say, "I am a being of love, and no one can diminish that. Infinite Intelligence and Spirit within me and around me and everywhere present, guide me and direct me in the highest and finest potential so that I can support myself in seeing with new eyes and new perception in loving the world."