All you need is love
I was speaking to a friend about life things and he said that in reality the one thing we need is love. He said he often thinks of the Beatles’ song, All You Need is Love, and he believes it is the singular truth in his life. Love of his mother, father, partner, friends, and even his relationships to his clients are all wrought from this one requirement. Love.
I’m working my way through the Autobiography of a Yogi whose message is on point with what my friend was saying – love of mankind, love of God, love of yourself all are the currency of life.
That said the ego is what gets in the way of truly loving because you might lie in your bed in some groggy realization of this same thought but when you enter the waking life of managing key and other relations your ego flares and saddles you with barriers – you begin by weighing the exchange, is the person giving you too much or not enough, are you resisting or accepting, why, and onward you go into your daily life that makes loving and giving or receiving it seem like such a challenging proposition that you want to head right back to bed, to that pillow where your head was ready for love and was not filled with thoughts of fear, pain, anxiety, and whatever else the tricky ego serves up.
Love is all you need. Perhaps. Love is here, waiting for you, and you most times are dragging your heels.