What am I motivated by – my desire for love, or my experience of love?

It’s so easy in this world of melting glaciers, loss of habitat, environmental decline and human aggression to be motivated by our desire for love – by our desire for a healthy planet, a loving relationship, a world full of respect and dignity in which everyone and everything thrives.

Yet, when we are motivated by our desire for love, that world exists only in our imagination, somewhere in the future. It will always exist there, in the future, not yet to be had. It will always be out of reach in our lifelong pursuit to create it. I am almost certain that world will actually never come.

When we stop and realize the beauty of this life and the truth that surrounds us, the amazing full moon last night, the kindness of most people, the fear in others and our strength to be gentle with it, the magic of serendipity every day in our lives – when we are motivated by love, the work to protect this planet and all life on it still remains, but we carry the world that we desire already with us, wherever we go.

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