LOVE HARDER

My husband and I got into an interesting conversation last night. He made a statement that I totally disagree with, saying that he was "afraid for America". He made this statement based off what he has been seeing on the news (which he watches a lot of). I try to discourage him from watching so much news, it's one thing to be informed, and it's another to be inundated with it day and night. I am a firm believer that you need to watch what you're hearing, seeing, and speaking. If you are constantly inundated with negativity it can cause you to become a cynical and suspicious person, always looking over your shoulder.

Lately, the news has provoked fear, anger, and honestly disgust within me, when I see what has happened to others. However, I refuse to live in fear. I was preaching to my husband last night that this is our opportunity to LOVE HARDER. We must decide to

• Conquer fear
• Conquer hate
• Conquer violence

And we do this with faith and a determination to LOVE HARDER. We can not control what happens in the world but we can control how we decided to participate. We can choose how to react when we feel sad, angry, or fearful.

And I choose to LOVE. I choose to be a part of the solution and not to live in fear. I choose to act in ways that uplift this country and raise a child who will contribute her gifts to humanity. As a mother it is easy for me to worry about the safety of my child. I am aware that there are some people as Judge Judy called it, " are not wired right", or as my husband would blatantly say "are plain evil". But, despite the evil things that happen in the world, I will live in love.

I am thankful for the fear because it calls me to action. A call to create an atmosphere of love and be a part of the movement of love. I told my husband that there are many people who are promoting love, except they don't make the daily news. I told him people like me and you- and as long as I'm in the world, I choose to LOVE HARDER. By the end of our conversation (or maybe my passionate speech) my husband agreed that maybe he could not watch so much news. I just smiled.