The Gift of Your Love

I used to think that unconditional love

Certainly does not exist

"Who can selflessly give such love?" I scoffed...

But then you came along and showed me

That indeed, unconditional love is living

In those who draw such love

From God who is love Himself...

To love is by being love ourselves

We are to be love's essence, its embodiment

It is totality -

We either give our best

And our all to the one we love

Or we give nothing at all...

We are to love the person as a whole

Along with her weaknesses and failures

For when we love only the good in her

It is not love but just plain admiration...

But love does not end in our seeing through

Our loved one's human misgivings

For real love is that which helps motivate

Our loved one to rise above her limitations...

I want to thank you for the love

You unselfishly give to us

You just don't know how life-changing

How motivational and inspiring

The gift of your love can be.