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There is nothing
more important we can give than the Love reflected in our own lives.
That is the one universal language that
allows us to speak Chinese or dialects of India.
When I was young I traveled a lot—it was
part of every student's rite of passage. I visited countries both rich and poor. I did not usually speak
the local language, but everywhere the silent eloquence of Love helped me make myself understood.
The message of
Love is in the way I live my life, and not in my words or my deeds.
In the letter of
the Corinthians, Paul tells us, in three short lines, that Love is made of many
elements, like light. We learn at school that if we pick up a
prism and allow a ray of light to pass through, that ray will divide into seven colors, those of rainbow.
Paul shows us the
rainbow of Love just as prism reveals to us the rainbow of light.
And what are those
elements? They are virtues we hear about every day and that we can practice in
every moment.
Patience: Love is
patient...
Kindness: ...and
kind.
Generosity: Love
does not envy...
Humility:... or
boast; it is not arrogant...
Courtesy:... or
rude.
Unselfishness: It
does not insist on its own way.
Good temper: It is
not irritable...or resentful.
Guilelessness: or
resentful.
Sincerity: It does
not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
All these gifts
concern us, our daily lives, and today and tomorrow, not with Eternity.
The problem is
that people tend to relate these traits to the Love of God, but how does God
manifest itself? Through the Love of man.
To find Peace in
heaven, we must find love on Earth. Without it, we are worthless.
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