Last week I attended a memorial service for a dear, sweet
man who recently passed away, a friend of my husband’s we’ve known since our
college days. During the service, the pastor--a woman of great wisdom-- repeated these words: “Love is a
substance: Pour it out of your heart.” The words have stayed with me all week,
and during a visit to a waterfall in North Carolina they resonated even more
strongly.
They are
beautiful words and it’s a beautiful message. But what I like most about these
two simple sentences is the word “pour,” which is a word of abundance and
generosity. Sometimes, when my husband makes a very, very special blend of a
particular coffee, I pour the liquid sparingly. I don’t want it to gush out or
it might spill and a portion might be lost. But love isn’t like that—the more you
pour, the greater the amount, the more energetic the flow the better. There is
no reason to hold back, to pour love in measured amounts. Love can gush and
flow and there will always be more. If we let it, love can be as unstoppable as
a waterfall.
Our too
soon departed friend was a man who gave love in unmeasured amounts, who let his
positivity, passion, and compassion flow freely. I wonder what would happen if
we all opened the floodgates to love? Would we over-power the negativity and
hatred on the planet, would we literally drown out the sorrow, vengeance, and
fear?
Certainly,
it’s worth a try. “Love is a substance: Pour it out of your heart.”
