Your light made us stars

"May love act as a bridge... over the very least of your exchanges." - David Teems

As I read this phrase (yes, out of a devotional) last night, it felt like I had been given a key to the gates, and punched in the stomach at the same time.

As I have dealt with my own search for love and companionship, I have watched my friends search, too. I have shared in some of their successes and some of their failures. But... my point is, when was the last time you stopped and thought about "love" as something universal and all-consuming... not just a romantic relationship?

Anyone who knows me knows I think a metric-ton about love, it all its myriad forms. The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite books. If you're looking just right, you might catch me tear up over silly or emotional displays of affection, beauty, appreciation, eros, AND divinity.

Love in all its form is a lost commodity. We as human beings need to bring it back. Put that currency back into circulation.

It's starts next to you - just being polite, thankful, helpful.

I always liked that commercial, I think for Prudential, where they talk about being responsible - and the lady stops the pizza guy from crossing a busy street in front of a car he didn't see. He in turns stops someone from doing something dangerous, and they help someone pick up something, and on and on, until it returns to the orginal lady character, who is helped by someone, and then helps the pizza guy again.

Another great media example is the Dave Matthews Band video for Everyday (I think), the one where the fellow goes around offering complete strangers a hug, for no reason other than... hey, people need hugs.

Maybe that currency could be in wide use again. Maybe it still is, maybe it never was. But let's not let the semantics bog it down - whether you believe in God, or or whatever you call it, or nothing at all... it still never hurts to spread a little love around.