"Make Love, Not War"
Valentine's Day…❤️❤️
Let's move (way) beyond the loaded Hallmark and commercialization of it—past the
obligatory cards, gifts, celebrations, etc. and bring it back to the essence of the day: Love.
Now what I want to do is tie this into a famous chant from the sixties: "make love, not war" and take the concept well beyond sex and weapons—which, at times, can be confused for one
another.
I knew someone years ago who used to say "making love is just an extension of the conversations we have all day". Really? Consider for a moment the quality of your conversations: are they connected? caring? compassionate? or are they fierce, fraught and fractured? Once we
take a look at how we converse with others, we can get a sense of just how much love we bring to the table—or not. Do we gravitate more to the love or the war of this phrase?
"Make love, not war"—what if we bring this down to the day to day exchanges in our lives? what if
something as simple small kindnesses and honoring one another is what "making love" is really about? Can we dare to connect on this heartfelt level? Can we dare to set aside our bullets—actual or not?
Can we dare to "Make Love, Not War"? (2:32)
