♥LOVE♥

So what is love to you?

This hit me hard just yesterday as I thought about how we treat one another as humans. We can learn so much from the animal kingdom. For example, cats and dogs are quick to lick the wounds of one another but humans are quicker to deepen them. The priority for an animal is healing for a human....not so much.

Let's begin this weekend with sober thinking, considering the heart of a matter or another person for that matter. I'll end this very brief morning blog w/this Scripture:

of true freedom. If you bite and ravage each other, watch out—in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then?

Courtesy of: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%205:13;&version=65;

Galatians 5:13 (The Message) It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don't use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom grows. For everything we know about God's Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That's an act of true freedom. If you bite and ravage each other, watch out—in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then?

the "India Arie" Experience

I have waited 2 whole years to see India Arie Live in concert and all 730+ days were worth it! The show took place in Virginia on Monday May 4, 2009 and I'm still basking in the remains of it's energy.

Evening began with the soulful singing of Laura Izibor - you know her "from my heart to yours" if you're a Starbucks finatic, then you definitely know her. She was one of their featured iTunes download of the week! She definitely set the atmosphere for the night.

And then, there was Miss India...what can we say. Pure, gentle, spiritual, in tune, quiet yet strong all at the same time. She came onstage just after we did a "waving of the phones" in the dark using our phone screens as the light, beautiful.

She said a prayer to begin, discussing a challenging day she had, and then it all started - THE MUSIC!!!! Everything from Brown Skin, to Yellow, to my favorite Brandy Song "He Is!" She even walked around the room, sang, and stood in MY CHAIR to dance and sing w/the crowd - classic! To sum it all up, how do you know God is real was adlibbed (sp) by her two powerful background singers, taking us all to another level of spirituality, peace, serenity, and self awareness.

The show changed my life. "The worse disease in the world: is not cancer, its not AIDS....hate is the worse disease in the world and the cure to hate, is LOVE" taken from "The Cure" from her latest album "Testimony Vol. 2: Love & Politics."

India Arie, thank you for allowing your "gift" to be used and shared to us all.