In The World & Other Addresses
1. Patience. This is the normal attitude of love; Love passive, Love waiting to begin; not in a hurry; calm; ready to do it's work when the summons comes, but meantime wearing the ornament of meek and quiet spirit. Love suffers long; beareth all things; believeth all things; hopeth all things. For love understands, and therefore waits.
2. Kindness. Love active. Have you ever noticed how much of Christ's life was spent in doing kind things? Run over it with that in view, and you will find that He spent a great proportion of His time simply in making people happy, in doing good turns to people.
3. Generosity. Whenever you attempt a good work you will find other men doing the same kind of work, and probably doing it better. Envy them not.
4. Humility — to put a seal upon your lips and forget what you have done. After you have been kind, after Love has stolen forth into the world and done its beautiful work, go back into the shade again and say nothing about it. Love hides even from itself. Love waives even self satisfaction.
5. Courtesy. Love cannot behave itself unseemly. You can put the most untutored persons into the highest society, and if they have a reservior of Love in their heart they will not behave themselves unseemly.
6. Unselfishness. Because there is no greatness in things. Things cannot be great. The only greatness is unselfish love.
The most obvious lesson in Christ's teaching is that there is no happiness in having and getting anything, but only in giving.
7. Good temper
We must go to the source, and change the inmost nature, and the angry humors will die away of themselves.
Souls are made sweet not by taking the acid fluids out, but by putting something in —a great Love, a new Spirit, the Spirit od Christ.
8. Guilelessness
Love "thinketh no evil," imputes no motive, sees the bright side, puts the best construction on every action.
9. Sincerity
...for he who loves will love Truth not less than men.
He will accept only what is real; he will strive to get at facts; he will search for Truth with a humble and unbiased mind, and cherish whatever he finds at any sacrifice.
"Because He loved us, we love, we love everybody. Our heart is slowly changed."
Happy Valentines day! Be blessed!
