There was an incredible sculptor in Italy many many years ago who travelled to a small village at the base of the Dolomite Mountains.  He aquired a small workshop and then trekked deep into the mountains and lugged back a huge piece of marble to commence work on.

He worked on the stone for many months only coming out of his workshop to buy food and to procure water from the nearby well.

After months of work he covered his work and dragged it out into the centre of the village exhausted.  The crowd gathered for the unvieling and when he pulled back the shroud and the gasped at the magnificence of the piece.

A older man from the crowd pulled the sculptor aside and said, “Look at the amazing art that you have created!  You have created the most beautiful sculpture I have ever seen!”

The sculptor smiled gently at the older gentleman and replied, “That sculpture was always inside the stone, all I did was chip away the rough edges.”

The same goes for us all.  The perfection of who you are is already inside you…  you only need to chip away the rough edges.

I once heard that whislt a human baby can live without food and water for quite a while, one that is starved of love will die extremely quickly.

When people become recluse or abandon society to live by themselves they require some kind of animal or pet at very least to retain some level of sanity.  We are creatures which require community or some level of societal contact to maintain our minds and hearts to function correctly. 

The greatest combatant of sadness or depression is love.  The creator of all things is based in love.  Love does not destroy or ruin.  By its very nature it creates.  The oldest living human on the planet still feels like a child when in the throes of love.  The hardest business person becomes soft and caring and the angriest child becomes content when showered with love and affection.

Many people fear putting themselves “out there” when it comes to “putting their hearts on their sleaves” and expressing the love that they feel for another, and often find out that their delay was unnecessary and the person they felt for reciprocated their feelings all along.  Love is NOT a one way street.  Genuine love runs both ways.

Express love freely and openly.  Tell those that you love of your feelings.  A dear friend of mine, Rocky Brivik once said to me that we must “Drop the “F” Word” (FEAR).  Step safely into your feelings and express them to the people that matter to you.  Don’t do it with an expectation of a result.  Do it with an expectation of expressing your feelings.

You are love, loved and loving.

All you need is love.

Lennon/McCartney

From The Blue Album

Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy.
There's nothing you can make that can't be made.
No one you can save that can't be saved.
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you
in time - It's easy.

All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
There's nothing you can know that isn't known.
Nothing you can see that isn't shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.
It's easy.
All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
All you need is love (all together now)
All you need is love (everybody)
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.