I don’t speak Japanese, and I can’t read it either, so I’m taking a bit of a gamble posting this photo which I took many years ago in the grounds of a temple in Japan.
There were dozens and dozens of these hearts hanging in this particular garden, each one with an inscription and many, like this, with a kiss. Maybe they are romantic messages from lovers, I don’t know, but clearly they are an outward expression of love.
We could do with more love in this world.
More kindness, more gentleness, more compassion and care. Loving relationships work well for everyone. They support and enhance us. They build – they create cooperation and collaboration. They make the world a better place.
We’ve tried a system built on hatred and fear. We’ve tried selfishness, greed and competition. We’ve tried inequality and injustice.
How’s all that going?
Let’s try something different. Love.
What would society look like then? What would health care look like then? Education? Work? Community? Families, neighbourhoods, friends and lovers? If we made the foundation, the touchstone and the core of all we do together, love.
Heroes Not Zombies 
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