Are you loving enough? Can you love more? What does love look like in your life?
I'm doing a love audit this morning. I know that when we love well, we do well by ourselves and others, but what does it mean to love well, and how can we ensure that we're doing a part to create a loving family, community, and world?
Family
During a love audit, think of your family members--do you make the time to love them as well as you can? What more can you do to love each member of your immediate and extended family? List your family members. Think about what you do for each of them. Love doesn't have to be an expensive affair, instead love can be any number of these activities and more:
- listening to stories
- dinner invitations
- spending time together
- purchasing a needed item
- a gift of a few dollars
- providing a warm place to visit or live
- supporting their personal pursuits, dreams, desires
Community
How do you promote a loving community where you live? What do you do? There's countless ways to contribute to a loving community including these efforts:
- Volunteer or work for a local service organization
- Donate money, goods to people in need
- Get active in local politics to promote the good possible
- Promote environmental awareness and support
- Host your neighbors for a friendly get together
- Be availalbe to help during times of need
- Take care of your property and family
World
How do we contribute to a loving world?
- Stay informed
- Advocate for humane, positive policies, laws, efforts
- Contribute in loving, positive ways
- Speak out against dehumanizing people, policies, events
- Be a loving, positive world citizen
Self
If we don't love and care for ourselves, we're no good for anyone else. How can we love ourselves in positive ways?
- Be as healthy as you can
- Take care of yourself--get the nutrition, rest, exercise you need
- Know yourself
- Invest in your positive passions, interests, dreams
- Look for win-win endeavor--endeavor that supports you and others too.
- When in need, get the help you need.
To live a loving life for self and others is a positive way to live. Completing a love audit now and then can help you to achieve that goal. Onward.