Showing Some Love to Those Who Matter

 

Showing Some Love to Those Who Matter

When you work at a Maximum Security Facility for juveniles, believe me when I tell you that you do not only work there to get a paycheck. You work there because you hope to make a difference in their lives. And like with most teenagers what you tell them goes right in one ear and out the other. But one of the things which I have tried to emphasize to these young men is to stay close to those who show unconditional love to you. A person who shows unconditional love only wants the best for you. A person who has unconditional love does not use you for their own gain. A person who has unconditional love wants to see you grow and have life better than they do simply because they want the best for you. But most of these young men in the juvenile facility more than likely did not follow this advice. Just the opposite. Instead of spending time with people who want the best for them, they hang around people who used them. They hung around people that could care less about them. They hung around people who tore them down little by little by little each and every day. Most of us have somebody in our lives who have unconditional love for us. Most typically it is your parents, whether that be a mother or a father or both. Very often it is your grandparents. It may be an aunt or an uncle. But sometimes people who have unconditional love for us are not even related to us. It could be a dear friend. It could be a teacher. It could be a neighbor. The bottom line is that anyone who has unconditional love simply wants the best for us. Nothing more. Nothing less. If you have someone who meets this description, why not show some love in return? Reach out to those who love you. Reach out to those who care. So often in life we keep so busy with our jobs and careers, taking care of family things, taking care of homes, taking care of ourselves, taking care of our wants, needs and desires, . . . . . we get so caught up taking care of all of these things I just mentioned that we end up having no time for those who love us, for those who care for us. We dedicate our days to our jobs and earning money and taking care of our day to day cares and before you know it the week is over and we haven't spent any time with the people who love us the most. I know that all of us are busy. I know that we all have a million and one things to do in our lives. But take some time out to show some love to those who have shown love to you. Show some love to those who have loved you. Show some love to those who matter.