the love movement

Someone let me down yesterday.

Someone told me that (s)he was going to show up somewhere and then didn't. No phone call. No warning. Nothing.

It wasn't a big deal. It wasn't like I needed this person to be there. It wasn't like I couldn't go on without this person. Which is why (s)he didn't understand when I was upset.

I understand when someone says they'll be somewhere and then before that time I get a phone call saying, "I'm not feeling well" or "I don't want to drive in this weather" or "My dog got sick" or whatever. I understand because it happens to me all the time. That's life--welcome to living. What I do not understand and do not appreciate is when there is no phone call and no emergency.

That is an issue of trust. If I can't trust I can't depend on you and a lack of dependence is a lack of any sort of good relationship.

Someone let me down yesterday but I forgave him/her and we set things right.

Even more frustrating to me than someone letting me down is someone not forgiving me or moving on from me letting him/her down.

I am human, just as you are. I make mistakes just as you have. I let people down just as we all do. I sometimes forget what is right and what is wrong. I sometimes forget that everybody reacts to things differently and that something that may not be a big deal to me is a big deal to someone else. I ask to be forgiven.

Please do not hold a grudge. I have never intentionally hurt anyone (except maybe my brother when I was younger.... but that's another story). Just as I have to realize that no one is out to get me, we all need to realize that no one is out to get us.

Where is the joy in holding a grudge?

I honestly believe that it takes more energy to be mean and hold a grudge than it takes to just love one another as we would want to be loved.

I want to start a movement called The Love Movement where everyone loves each other as Christ loved the church. Who's with me?