I do not know this for a fact, but if you are like me, we are always reading the quotes that people post about life. Such quotes or sayings that we are intent on reading are typically ones that are boosting, cheering, constructive, positive, reassuring, inspiring, lifting and encouraging. We even often have thoughts such as, “Yeah, if only ‘people’ are like that, life would be grand!”  If you believe that indeed the majority does read such quotes and long for them to be real, then we ALL are coveting to have, to give, to touch, to see, to feel, to witness LOVE around us more than we realize.

I read the quotes —————- Everyone reads the quotes

As we read them, we long for having them as reality

Therefore we all covet to have more LOVE around

More than we believe we already have

Therefore we need to generate MORE LOVE

Just as we read the quotes and smile, you read this, smile and probably think, “Ideal and utopian but not realistic”. Typically nothing starts because each person thinks that the world is either what we have around us or it is Utopian, as if there is nothing in between. I bet you that you just thought to yourself, “That’s not what I am saying”. If indeed you just thought that, then why don’t you, I, we just take one step of simply improving what is around us. “I’ve tried before”, might be what you are thinking. The problem, in my opinion, is that people do try ON THEIR OWN at DIFFERENT times and may seem to each that it is not even a drop in the ocean, and therefore it ends, and ends quickly. If such efforts are organized locally, the drop will seem like a bucket full then may grow into a shipping container which soon may become a shipping yard. Never an ocean big (utopian) but it will be pretty impactful.

I am not talking about social work, I am talking about a social support network of LOVE. “Ohhh Reda, what does that even mean?”

Without a support network, an individual fizzles out quickly, gives up and stops trying. The world around is full of things that stress us and bring us down, and it is a mighty force to battle. Just like It is the recognition, understanding and living the LOVE that our God and Creator shows us daily, we in turn can perpetuate this LOVE to those around us. It is not an automatic thing, instead an intentional daily activity. ‘SHOW YOU THE LOVE’ is the moto of this social network, but for a network to function, there needs to be a meeting place. What a better place other than the social network itself 🙂 Facebook.

I am dead serious about this and looking for people to join. We can call it the “Contribute Group” page. We have to be careful about not making this a boosting contest of who is doing what, as it needs to be FULL of humility and lifting others up. Here are some ideas of things to practice and share to encourage others;

• Always start with “I was going to respond by………..” or I was going to say……….” Or “I was going to do…………..”
• The second part of the sentence starts with “instead, I……………..”
• Finish with, “I am doing this to spread love, God’s LOVE that I am seeking to understand more and more each day, for my Lord desires that I reflect Him daily.”

If you start with twice a day, be conscious of doing an act of LOVE that you typically would not have done, at home, at work or wherever you are, then the drops will add up, drop by drop the ripple will grow.

So what do you say? Yes, you. Want to be the ‘person in the mirror’ at this point? Be careful, this takes daily intentionality, but it does not require any additional time from you, as it all happens where you are wherever you are. Be intentional.

If enough people say ‘go’, I will start a page to make as meeting place 🙂