Smile like you mean it

[Kallisto]

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It's easy to love those who love me
It's easy to love when I breathe love from my soul
Love is easy to give where stars shine
to warm my heart.

Special times filled with love makes giving a pleasure
Places where love fills the air brings happiness
Love is so natural, as if nothing else existed
but that feeling alone.

The beggar, the thief or the suited stranger
bring out in me compassion and love.
If they ask or rebuke, I will tell them why I smile
with love in my eyes.

Love is easy to have for those who hate me.
I am pushed to my outer limits,
reaching for the indestructable source of love
that erases all fear.

The challenge to love comes with the wind
that blows dry leaves over a newly raked path.
Little problems expected to always return
and clutter my walk.

Weeds sprouting repeatedly despite removal
increases my determination to be free of them.
Circumstances I know will show themselves
makes my love tenacious.

I build superficial dams of expecting repetition
in fear of succeeding to recreate my life.
How soon I forget there is no end to love's
warmth and protection.

Love flows freely in everyone
believing in their ability to feel love
and recreate their lives on earth...
being open to receive and open to give.

Kallisto