Love and Business

...Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or Bends with the remover to remove.
O, no! It is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken.
It is the star to every wandering bark,
whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.             
                                               -- William Shakespeare

En route to Bombay (Now Mumbai but having grown up calling her Bombay; some habits die hard)Christmas is here and with that also the Christmas spirit. So what is Christmas spirit about? Is it about fat men wearing red suits and falling down chimneys rewarding acceptable behaviour?

Yes, I did keep stockings at night which was dutifully filled with goodies by my mom. In due course I realised that Santa after all was not a fictitious built up. He actually exists. They may be different people in our lives but they are the ones who fill your heart with all the happiness and life with fun. For me, this year, I have my Santa with me for Christmas and as usual when he is here life is full. This year is extremely special as he has given me the most beautiful gift of knowledge.

Last night while chatting with him, he said something in passing ( or maybe not, knowing him, everything has a reason).We were talking of love and what meaning it has in ones life. People strive to get love, to be in love to fall in love whatever.. All relations have the underlying factor of love. But what is love? The moment we talk about love it is meant to be so divine, so pure and so fullfilling and all consuming. It is also supposed to be unconditional. The moment expectations arise that is the end of all love, and henceforth starts the business of love.

So all our relations are actually a business of love and not really love. Love means to give and give and give. The giving should bring contentment, the smile in the loved ones face should give all the happiness and the happiness that the loved gets should fill the life with an all consuming full filling experience. That should be the power of love- total unconditional love. Such love is divine and pristine and knows no boundaries and no time or space. It knows no religion or relation.  To love is the most highest, exalted and liberating experience. Love in the purest form will bring grace and gratitude.It will teach kindness and sharing. It is about acceptance, I think we should all start with ourselves. We give to our families, our workmates, our communities, but accepting makes us freeze in indecision. Before you can accept a gift of the heart from anyone, you must accept it from yourself. Not that I’m any more successful at it than most but this Christmas Eve I will look in mirror and tell myself thank-you, you matter and I love you.

Merry Christmas! Love you all!

Ho Ho Ho!