Whatever you make your absolute priority in life you are sure to acheive. Why? Because it will get most of your time, attention and energy. So if you make it your top priority in life to become a more humble, loving, gentle and forgiving person, you will surely acheive that. Step by step, day by day, slowly but surely it will occur.

But in this busy materialistic world there is so much pressure to prioritise other things, and usually we do. We prioritise being productive and getting things done, over being loving. We pressure ourselves and exhaust ourselves in the name of acheiving our daily goals, and we suffer because we are not treating ourselves lovingly. Consequently, we have no love to share with those around us, because we are either worn out or stressed.

Another example is that we prioritise unloving ideas and beliefs over loving ones. For example, the idea of ‘justice’ – people being punished for their behaviour. And so we prioritise punishing the people who hurt or anger us, instead of forgiving them, seeking to understand them and having compassion for them. If we would just remember that every human being is in need of healing to one degree or another, we would realise that we can assist that process by extending compassion and forgiveness to them instead of wishing that they ‘get what they deserve’, (which usually involves misfortune of some kind). By wishing this we are just compounding that person’s dynamic of inner conflict and suffering, and nothing changes. But that is an opportunity missed, because each of us can be an agent of change in the lives of others if we prioritise understanding, forgiving and loving.

Now don’t get me wrong… I’m not saying it is easy to do this. What I’m saying is that if your topmost priority in life is to become a more and more loving human being (and that applies to loving yourself also) then you will be successful.

We each have to decide what really matters to us in life, and what kind of role do we want to play in this human family? If you value growth, healing and love more than material success, ‘justice’, and worldly pleasures, then you will have a completely different experience of life to someone whose values are the opposite. Their rewards will on the same level as their values (i.e. worldly) and your rewards will be on the same level as your values (i.e. spiritual).

I can assure you that spiritual rewards are infinitely more fulfilling that worldly ones. To quote the Bible “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul?” It is love alone which nourishes, heals and ultimately saves our soul. Without love, it can get very cold and dark inside. We know this, but sometimes it takes a crisis to remind us of it. Sometimes life will orchestrate a collapse of the all things that we have prioritised above love, and all the circumstances we have invested ourselves in and given great value to. It does this specifically for the purpose of reminding us of what is truly vital in life, and through such challenges we come to realise how nothing really means anything if there is no love.

Love gives the deepest of meaning to the very smallest of actions, words, and even thoughts. When love motivates us we are working in unison with the greatest force in the universe, and we will start to perceive this. We will realise that we are here as agents of love, working as the ground crew on behalf of the greater divine love that some call God. But names and words don’t really matter. What matters is that we feel like we have a significant purpose in our life, and we do. We just have to re-arrange our priorities so we can realise it.

That’s why I’m writing this… to help remind you that your purpose is to be an agent of love in this world. There is no greater or more powerful purpose than this, and it is the purpose your mind, heart, body and soul were designed for. And thus you can experience the complete fulfilment of your being, simply by choosing to prioritise being loving, gentle, caring and forgiving above all other things. You will be completely supported in this process; you will be fully guided on your journey and you will be rewarded in profound ways which are beyond your comprehension. So start today. Prioritise love and enjoy the adventure into the light.

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Live in gratitude
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