Love heals, let it grow!
Become the gardener in your life.
Grow love
as you stack the dishes
walk in the street
stand at the check-out.
It’s said that love
is an overused word
a valueless currency
an empty promise.
I said such things myself
until divine Love
pruned the inner critic
and I began to love, just love!
Love clears the wasteland
plants tiny seeds
nurtures first growth
gives strength, opens petals.
Sometimes, we feel barren
with so little to give —
yet as love flourishes anew
we gather a harvest to share.
Love grows and flows when
we are moved with compassion
for the homeless, the hungry,
the sick, and the brokenhearted.
Maybe it seems there is too
much pain and need
and anger for us to
ever make a difference.
But faith the size of a mustard seed
moves mountains
when we let it grow
and love one another as we are loved.
©Pam Twiss, July 2015
