This article represents a small piece from a favorite book. It’s good to remember that love is the main driving force and to assume it in our life because then everything happens with ease and beauty. There it is:
„I WILL GREET THIS DAY WITH LOVE IN MY HEART
For this is the greatest secret of success in all ventures.
Muscles can split a shield and even destroy a life, but only the unseen power of love can open the hearts of mankind and until I master this art I will remain no more than a peddler in the market place,I will make love my greatest weapon and none on whom I call can defend against its force.
my reasoning they may counter, my speech they may distrust, my apparel they may disapprove, my face they reject and my bargains may cause then suspicion~yet my love will melt all hearts liken to the suns whose rays soften the coldest day.
I WILL GREET THIS DAY WILL LOVE IN HEART!
And how will I do this?
Henceforth I will look upon all things with love and I will be born again.
I will love the sun for it warms my bones yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit.
I will love the light for IT shows me the way yet I will love the dark for it shows me the stars.
I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul.
I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenges.
I WILL GREET THIS DAY WILL LOVE IN HEART!
And how will I speak?
I will praise my enemies and they will become my friends, I will encourage my friends and they will become my brothers.
Always I will dig for a reason to applaud and never attempt to criticize, I will bite my tongue and
when I am moved to praise I will shout it from the roof top
Is it not true that the birds, the wind, sea and all of nature speak with the music of praise for the creator?
Cannot I also speak with the same music to his children?
I will remember the secret and it will change my life.
I WILL GREET THIS DAY WILL LOVE IN HEART!
And how will I act?
I will love all manners of men for each has qualities to be admired even though they may be hidden, With love, I will tear down the wall of suspicion and in its place, I will build bridges so that my love may enter their soul.
I will love the ambitious for they can inspire me.
I will love the failures for they can teach me.
I will love the kings for they are but human.
I will love the meek for they are Devinne.
I will love the rich for they are yet lonely
I will love the poor for they are so many.
I will love the young for the faith they hold.
I will love the old for the wisdom they share.
I will love the beautiful for their eyes of sadness.
I will love the ugly for their souls of peace.
I WILL GREET THIS DAY WILL LOVE IN HEART!
But how will I react to the actions of others?
With love!
For just as love is my weapon to open the hearts of men, love is also my shield to repulse the arrows of hate and the spares of anger.
Adversity and discouragement will beat against my new shield and become the softest of rains.My shield will protect me in the market place and sustain me when I am alone.
It will lift me up in moments of despair yet it will calm me in times of exultation. It will become stronger and more protective with each use until one day I will cast it aside and walk unencumbered among all manners of men.
And my name will be raised high on the pyramid of life.
I WILL GREET THIS DAY WILL LOVE IN HEART!
And how will I confront each whom I meet?
In only one way.
In silence and to myself.
I will address him and say “ I LOVE YOU“!
Though spoken in silence these words will shine through my eyes!
Unwrinkle my brow!
Bring a smile to my lips!
Echo in my voice!
And his heart will be opened!
AND THEY WILL GREET THIS DAY WITH LOVE IN THEIR HEARTS!„
From „The Greatest Salesman in the World“, Og Mandino