What Is Love?

For me, love is the desire for mutual happiness.  What makes one happy?  To have well-being, to not be overly burdened, to grow in relationship with the universe, to be accepted as one is without condition or judgement, valued.

1. We are all equally worthy of love from one another. (12/29/14-1/4/15, 24, 2/5)
2. No one has any less or more right to be who they are. (12/29/14-1/4/15, 25, 2/7)
3. Happiness comes most strongly from making others happy. (1/5/15-1/10, 26, 2/8)
4. Kindness (desire to ease burden), Compassion (desire for well-being) , Teaching (nurturing growth), Love (unconditional acceptance) are linch pins for happiness. (1/5/15-1/10, 27, 2/9)
5. We all live in and experience the same universe; we have different ways of describing the universe that works for each of us. (1/11/15-1/17, 28, 2/11)
6. Devaluing, dehumanizing, hating or harming others are linch pins for suffering. (1/11/15-1/17, 29)
7. Happiness is a lasting state of mind unlike pleasure which is fleetingly transient. (1/18, 30)
8. It's not about avoiding sin, it's about embracing love. (1/19, 31)
9. Attachments bring worry; with the right choices and balance, they also bring added richness and a sense of belonging to the universe. (1/20, 2/1)
10. Never do something for the sake of it being right.  Be mindful of the reason it is right and do it for that reason instead.  (1/21, 2/2)
11. Love is unconditional. (1/22, 2/3)
12. There is no absolute moral right or wrong. (1/23, 2/4)