Fact is that the planet does not need more successful people.

The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers. The planet needs people who live well in their places.

The planet needs people of moral courage willing to join the fight to make the World habitable and humane. And these needs have little to do with success as our culture has defined it.

Open your heart, instead of reacting, practice forgiveness, instead of judgment, be compassionate, instead of separating, engage connection, instead of being closed and protective,

Give Love through a genuine smile, handshake, hug, compliment, good deed or some random act of kindness.

Making a difference in the World does not require invention, innovation, time, or even money, choosing Love is the one thing that makes the biggest difference.

It is easy to love someone you care about, but it is difficult to love when faced with the ones you dislike.

Just as it can be difficult to choose Love when we don’t love someone, it can be equally difficult to choose love when we are angry at those we love.

Oftentimes, choosing Love requires forgiveness. There is a cost to choosing Love – whether pride, righteousness, or vulnerability, you can not choose Love without paying the price of letting go.

All forms of defense keep you from the Love you seek and the Love you have to give.  Don’t be fooled by judgment because it is the biggest weapon of all.

As a product of fear and the antithesis of Love, you can not be in Love and judgment at the same time.

And this means that every time you choose judgment, you reject Love. Whether physical or emotional, put your weapons down and choose Love.

Whatever you withhold from another, you also withhold from yourself.

Choosing Love does not mean that you should allow yourself to be disempowered in any way, nor does forgiveness does require that you continue or rekindle a relationship.

By first choosing Love for yourself, your choices will support all involved.

Love can save the World. Every act of Love and kindness contributes to the whole. Do not overlook a single opportunity to love and be loved.

So love everyone and especially those least lovable, because they need Love the most!