Trust you are having a super Sunday and enjoying some precious family time.

Last week I attended the launch of UN World Inter-faith Harmony Week and it was great to see all the religious and cultural groups and people from all walks of life interacting with each other.

I think we are all more alike than we are different and should appreciate the diversity that comes with variation.

Have a vision for your life and for humanity. We should not be overly concerned with another person’s religious or political affiliations but instead, ask of the people you meet: Are you making the most of your life? Can we see ourselves in another person and treat them accordingly? When you lie in bed at night, are you happy with how you spent your day? When you awaken in the morning, are you hungry for higher heights? We can bring out the best in each other as a testament to the heights that humanity can ascend to.
“Our human compassion binds us one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future”. -Nelson Mandela

What have you done for humanity lately? Humanity faces many unavoidable challenges that require our best defenses without us creating additional unnecessary problems between ourselves. Love is the greatest catalyst of harmony and it always uplifts. As there is always a shortage of enough love, be giving of it always, especially in those times it feels the hardest. “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”-Nelson Mandela

This man was a mentor that I was hoping to meet one day but I certainly will be visiting his cell, God’s willing, during my upcoming trip to South Africa. It is impossible not to have great respect and admiration for someone who spent over two decades in prison and found a way to love rather than hate. I enjoyed reading a walk to freedom which gave a good insight into the life of an extraordinary man. I also admire the strength Winnie Mandela displayed during those challenging years.
What the world needs now is love sweet love. The colour of love radiates from a much centered space and an omnipresent time! Grounded in the essence of the universe as all-providing, this natural vibe is transcendent, permeating all bigotry, bias, and barrier. Its ethos is rooted in liberation and liberty and its range of emancipating elements define our textured and triumphant existence.
Earth and Nature enliven the soul, in their ever-evolving hues, making us earthy, natural and above all, loving!
We use the word love to describe a lot of things. We love food. We love music. We love a good joke and we love having a good time. Love at first sight and the list goes on. One love we can be sure is everlasting is the love God has for us no matter HOW MANY TIMES WE MESS UP.
I LOVE THIS QUOTE FROM MOTHER TERESA,
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. What does love mean to you?

IT IS A LOVE THING. This is the LOVE REVOLUTION, colouring our world in warm tones of sunrise yellow, sunset orange, terracotta soil and rain forest green. I love life and people. When I decided to launch the LOVE REVOLUTION last year, the objective was to get people from around the country of different backgrounds in one space. That evening at the Pegasus had moments I will never forget. Patrons were greeted by some lovely hostesses who pinned the love revolution button to their attire while listening to relaxing music from Ras Camo. The button gesture was meant to start a conversation about love while pinning it on someone else.

All evening, inspiring quotes from Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, John Maxwell and others were reflecting on the wall. The evening was graced with a dramatic spoken word from Eden Corbin and a dynamic presentation from Dr. Linda Wallace. It was a sight to behold standing in the Victoria lounge looking down to the oasis at happy faces from all ethnicities greeting each other with hugs, having drinks and chatting with each other as my friend Max Massiah serenaded us with his rendition of “What the world needs now is love, sweet love” on his saxophone. The evening concluded with Rashlie Joseph singing Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’ and many persons including wife of the Prime Minister, Sita Nagamoto, Hon. Minister Dr. Karen Cummings, businessman Roshan Khan, businesswoman Dee George and Mayor of Bartica, Gifford Marshall on stage holding hands while singing along.

What do you think we can do to encourage more love in our society?

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