‘I choose to love and love I will’ reminds us to be powerfully loving.

It reminds us to be self-determining.

When we choose to be loving with upcast eyes and irrepressible enthusiasm, we protect ourselves from the negativity around us.

It reminds us of the quote (author not verified):

"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for men and women of good will to do nothing."

‘I choose to love and love I will’ reminds us to be the change I want to see in the world with love; to do what needs to be done with courage and love.

Gratitude is the basis for a joy filled life.  Without gratitude, our colorful world feels drab and grey.

Gratitude lifts us up and fills our hearts with joy. When we have a grateful heart, the world looks brighter, and everything seems possible.

Appreciation is gratitude's first cousin.

There is so much to appreciate. We have a roof over our heads, clothes to wear, pure water to drink and good food to eat. We have leisure time to pursue our hobbies, spend time with family and friends, travel and relax. How blessed are we?

Humility brings balance and equanimity into our lives. We see how far we have come and how far we have to go with acceptance of “This is who I am and this is where I am now”.

When we are in gratitude, appreciation and humility we open our hearts to the abundance and benevolence of the universe.  Life looks and feels different, more vibrant, wondrous, and alive. No matter what is happening in the world, at work, in our community or in the lives of those close to us, we can hold a strong presence of love.

Choosing clarity and understanding helps us to drop judgment.

Judgment is what keeps us stuck and going around in circles.  Opinions are judgments and are declarations about how we see the world.

Sometimes we have been viewing a situation, a person or group of people one way for so long, we don't even realize that we are in judgment. 

Judgment is a form of fear. It's that uneasy feeling or knot in the pit of our stomach. It's that aching anxiety pulls us into a downward spiral. 

Judgment clouds our thinking and closes our hearts.  It's about I am right and you are wrong, I am good and you are bad, I know what's best and you do not.

Dropping judgment is a choice. It's like holding a penny in our hand and choosing to let it fall to the ground.

When we choose to drop judgment, we free ourselves to experience more love. It's about trusting in the benevolence of the universe and letting go of the old.

Clarity and understanding open us to seeing that person, group or situation is a new light, without dragging around the past and without hanging onto the way it's always been. 

Clarity and understanding open us up to new possibilities within ourselves.  We don't have to think as we have previously thought.  We don't have to act as we have previously done.  We don't have to feel as we have previously felt.

That's liberating.

Unity and harmony are about removing feelings of separation from our lives.  It's about expanding our sphere of belonging.

Being attuned is like moving the radio dial to what we are choosing to connect with. 

Being attuned to unity is about feeling the Oneness of all life; feeling at one with the nature, our friends and loved ones, our community, our nation, all of humanity, the world at large.

When we are in unity consciousness, there is no 'us' and 'them'. Barriers, prejudices, and biases drop away. We feel at peace.

Harmony is akin to the feeling of a song we really love, that opens us up and spills over as joy into our day. Discord falls away. We smile.

Unity and harmony together open us up to a new way of being, one that is rarely reflected in the daily news, but can be experienced within us as starting point to one day be reflected everywhere in the world around us.

The lack of harmony and unity inside of us is reflected in the world at large.  When we chose to experience more harmony and unity within, that helps to have it reflected in the lives around us.

Choosing to tune our radio dial to unity and harmony makes sense.  If we desire peace on earth, we need to start by harmonizing everything within us.