Love Conquers All

In her work, Optimism, Helen Keller writes, “Once I knew the depth, where no hope was, and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free. Once I knew only darkness and stillness. Now I know hope and joy. Once I fretted and beat myself against the wall that shut me in. Now I rejoice in the consciousness that I can think, act, and attain Heaven. My life was without past or future;  . . . but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand, the clutch and emptiness, and my heart leapt to the rapture of living. Night fled before the day of thought, and love and joy and hope came up in a passion to the obedience of knowledge. Can anyone who has escaped such captivity, who has felt the thrill and glory of freedom, be a pessimist? Pps. 9-10

NOTE: One of my favorite mantras is, “Love always wins.” You’ll see it every now and again on my blog. Helen Keller felt the touch of love. It opened her heart to a new and beautiful world even though she was deaf and blind. That’s what love does to us. It opens up new and beautiful worlds. Love is the miracle that each of us can work. We have the power of love to open up new and beautiful worlds for each other.