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unlike gravity and inertia,

love's force can be felt by conscious choice.

when given a conscious choice,

we then have a decision to make;

with every morning-miracle that wakes us up

we can pick between a half-living type

or a full-living type;

take a boat

or brave the sea's drowning.

walk the valley foothills

or climb to the mountainous summit.

remember the past

or lay in the hammock of the present.

take your pick:

be-side love

or

be-in love.

:::

if you carry a bag of savory fruit,

please do this.

share, yes.

that is the good thing to do. but,

tell the receiver to eat and give a seed to another,

so that ten others can have a fruit basket someday,

so that twenty others can have a fruit garden someday,

so that fifty others can have a fruit market someday,

so that a community becomes sweeter

than the savory taste itself.

:::

blankets exist to make ourselves comfortable

with self-love;

blankets do not warm.

they only trap heat,

so we may feel on the outside

what has always been on the inside.

why else do they bring so much comfort?

when there are

two heats trapped beneath,

the different heats of self-love and other-love

blend together

like an odorless perfume through air.

it becomes hotter

not due to the heatness but to the blendedness.