Universal Love

"Love all God's creation, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. If you love each thing, you will perceive the mystery of God in all; and when once you perceive this, you will from that time on grow every day to a fuller understanding of it until you come at last to love the whole world with a love that will then be all-embracing and universal."~Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Affirmation:
I behold all things with respect and reverence.
Meditation:
Dear God,
Thank you for the Earth and every thing that it contains. Thank You for the awareness of connection to all life. You are the life we share, continuously being manifest and expressed. I bless the people and animals, air and water, birds and fishes, mountains and plains, seas and rivers, mighty mountains and tiny grains of sand with my love and by my actions. I choose to walk lightly and gently in this place. Teach me to be in love with life.
Amen