Love Wins.

Love Wins.

Fear loses....not hate, but Fear.  The opposite of love is fear.  For the second year in a row, on Valentines Day I have left messages of love in random public places to help people hear that message....that love wins.

 Little clay tiles on a piece of twine.  Tied somewhere obvious.  Hopefully not to only be admired, but to be captured and brought home as a stolen prize.  My hope is that a deserving viewer who understands that this tile was made for them, would take it.  They deserve it.  What I know about love is that it is not the opposite of disgust or despise or even of disagreement. Love is the opposite of being timid, of being unsure, love is the opposite of "Don't Do That!" it might hurt!  Love is the opposite of being closed off from the world, taking no stand on anything.  Love is the opposite of choosing to call yourself an introvert, being ok with sitting in routine, even though you really feel like you might like to be with people and take a ballroom dancing class.  Love unveils, love uncovers, love is truth and real TRUTH does not have fear.  Love has safety and hope.

I thought about the use of clay as a medium for this.  You have such a permanent material, something small, sometime you can slip into your pocket.  Clay lasts a long long time once it's fired.  It's a magical thing to see something that seems out of place, but is claimed by no one. 

Sitting there, waiting for you to claim it.  Or do you just enjoy it?  Claim it without taking the prize....take the message.  Love Wins.  I think about who might need it at the moment....who might be down on themselves, feel unloved, feeling like nothing works.

I hope that the messages were helpful.  The kids sure liked to play cupid.  They wanted to wait in the wings and see if someone took the prize.  No one in our presence did, but I am sure...almost 5 days after Valentines Day, they are gone.   The process of being in the Love instead of Fear state is simple.  Just believe that love always wins.