WHAT I WISH I HAD KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING

 I am

 78 and what I wish I had know from the beginning is that Love is the answer. Love and acceptance of each other and my fellow man. It’s not about me it’s about you. Acceptance of your right to be anything you want to be without judgement from me or anyone else. I might not like it or even want to be around it but it is your journey and you should have a right to go on it if that is what you want. After having said all that I realize that not many of us know what love is so that would be a starting point if you would like to take that journey. I started with the 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians, I printed it out , framed it and put it on my desk. Everyday I read it and try to really understand it. Love is not laying down and letting someone walk all over you, that’s more like hate. It doesn’t ask for the truth but is happy when it hears it. Love is more of a hoping everything goes well not an insisting that it goes that way. Love is not telling everyone how rich and wonderful I am, it’s more about how wonderful you are. Love is not trying to be the first in line it’s more about who should be the first in line and moving back so someone else who need it more should be there. Love is waiting patiently while you see the way your are going is wrong not insisting you go a different way. Love means you get angry but it take a lot before that happens. To sum up Love it is like sitting in the back seat and liking it and not having to ride shotgun.