.. THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AND TAKING THE TIME TO SAY HELLO..I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT TO ALL MY BROOKLYN PEEPS AND TO ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT 
HERE IS SOMETHING A FRIEND GAVE TO ME A FEW YEARS AGO . I HAVE KEPT IT WITH ME SINCE AND HERE IT IS:
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. WE DECLARE IT, SWEAR IT, AND PRAISE ITS VIRTUES TO LOVERS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS. WE SWAY TO THE RHYTHMS AND RHYMES THAT CELEBRATE LOVE, MOURN THE LOSS OF LOVE, AND BEG AND PLEAD FOR ITS RETURN. LOVE. ITS WHAT WE HUNGER FOR MOST. IT PREOCUPIES OUR MINDS AND DOMINATES OUR CONVERSATIONS. EVERYWHERE WE TURN WE HEAR TALK ABOUT LOVE. BUT EVERYWHERE WE TURN WE SEE AN ABSENCE OF ITS ACTIVITY.
AS WE LOOK AROUND US WE OFTEN SEE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND HEAR ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIPS. AND WE SOMETIMES ARE AMAZED AND SADDENED AT WHAT PASSES FOR LOVE--WHAT WE ARE WILLING TO SETTLE FOR IN LIEU OF IT
DO WE KNOW WHAT LOVE IS? WE TEND TO BELIEVE IT IS EITHER A SYNONYM FOR SEX OR THE EMPTY PROMISES MADE IN A RITUAL OF SEDUCTION. BUT LOVE IS NOT SEX, AND ALL TOO OFTEN THE POSTCOITAL REALITY IS THAT THE PROMISE OF LOVE REMAINS UNFULFILLED.
LOVE IS NOT WHAT WE SAY, IT`S WHAT WE DO. IT`S NOT THE POUNDING HEART AND WARM DELICIOUS FEELINGS THAT INSPIRE AFFECTION AND ROMANCE, BUT THE DEMONSTRATION OF CARING THAT THESE FEELINGS INSPIRE. LOVE IS A WAY OF BEING THAT BEGINS WITH SELF, WITH HONORING GOD IN OURSELVES AND OTHERS, AND RESONATES OUTWARD THROUGH OUR RELATIONSHIPS INTO THE WORLD.
LOVE IS CONSISTENT. EITHER IT IS PRESENT AT THE ROOT OF OUR DEEPEST MOTIVATIONSAND MOST MUNDANE INTERACTIONS OR IT IS NOT.WE ARE LOVING WHEN WE ARE HELPFUL, RELIABLE, AND CONSIDERATE. WE ARE LOVING WHEN WE SHOW A SIMPLE KINDNESS TO A STRANGER FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN IT`S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. LOVE IS ABOUT GIVING, NOT GETTING OVER.
WE LOVE THOSE NEAREST AND DEAREST TO US, THOUGH WE CAN FIND IT DIFFICULT TO DEMONSTRATE OUR LOVE FOR THEM WHEN THEY DON`T MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS. THERE IS NO ONE ON EARTH I LOVE MORE THAN MY SON, NO ONE WHOSE LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN HIM.
WE DISCOVER GREAT INNER PEACE WHEN WE FREE OURSELVES OF THE NEED FOR OTHERS TO ACT ACCORDING TO OUR WISHES. BUT SUCH FREEDOM AND PEACE ARE NOT EASILY WON. LOVE SOMETIMES MEANS ALLOWING OTHERS THE PAINFUL LESSONS OF THEIR OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES, JUST AS WE EXPERIENCE AND GROW FROM OUR OWN.WHENEVER WE GATHER TO DISCUSS THE PLIGHT OF OUR PEOPLE THE STRATEGIES OFFERED ALWAYS HARK BACK TO THE NEED FOR GREATER LOVE, FOR UNITY AND ORGANIZED COLLECTIVE ACTION. NOW WE MUST PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH. THE OPPORUNITIES NUMBER MORE THAN THE MINUTES THAT SLIP BY EACH DAY. THEY ARE BOTH GREAT AND SMALL, BUT ALL REQUIRE THAT WE ACT,THAT WE DO SOMETHING.
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