This document discusses the value of relationships and love. It states that the author values both strangers and lost friends. It also notes that love in one's heart can help value everyone, especially those close or who have passed away. Additionally, it discusses how the word "love" is often used commercially and to manipulate others. Finally, it concludes that all personal connections have value and communicating that value is important.

1. I Value You
February 12, 2013
Whether a stranger from out of the dark, or a lost friend whoʼs been
in the dark for too many years, I value you. Love in your heart is the energy, and means
to value everyone , especially those close while increasingly so for those who have
escaped to the ʻafterlifeʼ or those who have, for whatever reason, slipped into the silent
fog of times passed by. Love doesnʼt play games with the meaning of friendship. The
mind sometimes is the enemy of a heart that controls its light. The heart has eyes, and
the eyes have tears that seeks the warmth of one loved, as well the ones that slip in and
out of memory.
Friends can be fickle, elusive, contrary, misunderstood, but underneath behind all the
masks is really a ʻyouʼ. We all manage to look different apart from the
physical as each has encountered different life shaping experiences
even from the moment of inception. All specie have the same inner
characteristics but on closer look, are unique especially those that have
had any type of loving conditioning be it with their own kind, or even the
lost infant lion who lays down with a deer as their best friend.
The word ʻloveʼ is tossed around so much that it has become
even a commercial favorite, as well as a method to silence or
manipulate another. In America during the last few decades ʻ I
love youʼ has taken exponential use over prior times. I know of
one family with little kids where the parents are telling the children dozens
and more times a day how they love them. The kids, meanwhile, are prime
for characters in Mad Comics! Certainly, the parents value them, but the ʻloveʼ
has gone commercial and manipulative. I had an ideal childhood, couldnʼt
have asked for more love than I always had, but before ʻI love youʼsʼ went
ʻviralʼ neither of my parents mentioned it. Action in value or love speaks much louder
than words!
All personal connections have value, or something in them that we can appreciate either
automatically, or at least when applying a little thought. What we value, especially from
others who weʼve shared some meaningful times with, should always feel the value we
place on them especially in these unbelievable times of advancing technology for the
ease of communicating. Communication is a means of displaying compassion that
ignites feelings of love and value as a special person in these moments called life. To
love is always be open to communication.
Yesss Self Love Center
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