How Do You LOVE EVERYONE?

My entire personality is like one giant walking Affirmation, wrapped in an exclamation point. At any point during my shift at work, you can hear me saying things like, “You’re doing great!” and “You’re perfect, I love you!” Imagine hearing something like that in the middle of your day. Too weird? A line cook or a fellow server could easily view my overly peppy positivity as annoying. (And maybe some do!) But most co-workers are grateful for the overdramatic optimistic vibes. Especially because I actually mean what I’m saying. This isn’t fake “love bombing,” it’s genuine support and an authentic invitation for connection. I really do love everybody.

…but what the heck does that mean though?

Well, it doesn’t mean that I agree with everybody’s decisions, life choice’s, political views, or religious preferences. It doesn’t mean that I am the best vibrational fit for all. It doesn’t mean that everybody is my friend or that I am the most popular figure in the community. Loving someone doesn’t mean that you are automatically loved back. Loving others is a choice rooted in acceptance. It means we replace judgement with discernment. We can observe another human, objectively. We do not have to make their ways of being wrong, even if their ways of being aren’t in alignment with yours. When I say, “I love you” it means, “I accept you exactly as you are.” I embrace the reality that your life path, your behavior choices, and your daily domineer have absolutely nothing to do with me and I am not required to change you, your mind, or your perspectives. Loving you means that I do not need you to be anybody else other than who you are in this very moment. YES, even if I do not agree with your choices or even understand them, I still trust the Laws of the Universe and fully surrender to the knowing that you are exactly where you are supposed to be. It is my personal belief that everybody is doing the best they can do with the level of consciousness they are currently operating from.

Why am I like this? Fun fact, majority of this perspective is natural. I have more love in my heart than I often know what to do with. Been this way since childhood. The rest is intent. I know what it feels like to be rejected, criticized, and judged. There were some extremely vulnerable chapters in my life where I was simply just trying to figure out who I was and who I wasn’t, but because this journey was so messy, I faced harsh opinions from the world around me. I would have given anything to be hugged and told that I was fine the way I was, that I wasn’t “broken,” and that every version of me was worthy of love. So now more than ever, I make sure I am that safe space for others.

I pinky promise, we can choose to love every fellow human, even when it feels impossible to do so.