Love is Action

"I've heard people say that they cling to their painful thoughts

because they're afraid that without them they wouldn't be activists for peace.

“If I feel peaceful,” they say, “why would I bother taking action at all?”

My answer is “Because that's what love does.”

To think that we need sadness or outrage

to motivate us to do what's right is insane.

As if the clearer and happier you get, the less kind you become.

As if when someone finds freedom, she just sits around all day

with drool running down her chin.

My experience is the opposite.

Love is action."

~ Byron Katie ~