All you need is love

Love is accepting others, and their so-called flaws, weaknesses, or limitations, forgiving their mistakes, and showing them compassion even when they have hurt us or "wronged us".

Give others a little leeway each day. Instead of jumping to conclusions, think of 3 possible explanations for the behaviour you perceived, and then approach the person to talk about the situation with curiosity rather than conviction.

Love is Supporting Your Community

Attending local events, buying local produce, shopping locally, supporting local artists and musicians, and spreading the word to others so they too can enjoy your community. Each time we support our community we grow bonds and spread love around us. Start locally.

Love is Protecting Mother Nature

Love is looking after Mother Mature and the planet we live on. Our home. Always placing our rubbish in a bin, preferably a recycling bin, picking up rubbish we find in nature, particularly near water. Love is turning off lights, saving water, planting trees or preventing trees from being chopped down unnecessarily, only using the dryer when absolutely necessary, installing energy efficient lighting, using energy saving products, taking the bus or train and educating ourselves on ways that we can help to protect the planet.

Love is Making Wise Consumer Choices

Love is buying products and services from companies that care about you, the community, and nature. Each time you spend money your vote counts. Are you going to vote for companies that chop down old growth forests, destroy animal habitats, negligently leak oil into the sea, or use sweatshops? If you don't make these companies accountable, who will?

Each and every time you make a consumer decision and buy products and services from companies that don't love, that don't care, you are voting for irresponsible and profit-at-all-cost companies. This is perpetuating their ability to continue to destroy communities and nature. Make wise choices whenever you can.

Love is All You Need

Love is within you. It is within everyone everywhere. Feel love, see love, taste love, touch love, hear love and spread it in every way you can.

February is known as the "month of love," what is one thing you will do today for yourself, others, and nature that will spread love around the globe?