Loving Love

Lately, I've been thinking about what I'm like to other people. Now, there's a lot of things I would like to say I am. But how do people think of me? How will I be remembered?

Something I want to be remembered by is love. I want to love the heck out of people. Everyone I meet I want them to know I love them. Cheesy or not, I love love! And I want my life to be a picture of love. A life filled with loving others the way I have been loved.

I find it funny how being fake comes so naturally to us. It is perfectly acceptable- almost encouraged- to smile and be as friendly as possible, then say whatever you want about them behind their back. Now, I must admit, my personality is a pro at this. I can almost always immediately come up with something to say about someone. As many would say, it's the Francis Folsom in me to be that honest. My grandmother is known for saying whatever she wants whenever to whomever she wants. One of my absolute favorite and least favorite things about her. So as you can imagine, this is something I have to work towards. Real hard.

 So the question I've asked so many times is, "If this comes so natural for me to speak my mind, however am I supposed to stop?" Like I said, there's an immediate reaction going on in my head to most things and there's a likely chance it's going to make its way out of my mouth. How do I stop excusing it by saying "It's just who I am. It's the Francis Folsom in me." The answer is LOVE. Of course, because the answer to everything is love. Because God is love. And because love is awesome.

If my actions and words reflect my heart, then I want to be speaking LOVE and acting out God's love. As I sit here writing this I have the most ridiculous face/smile. An 'I LOVE LOVE' face. If you haven't seen it, consider yourself lucky. But I simply can't help but make this ridiculous 'I.L.L.' face when I think of love. Love is adorable. I adore seeing people do things out of love; to sacrifice out of love. IT'S ADORABLE.

So this people, is what I am thrilled to announce I am working on bettering. To change my heart to love and care for the people I meet. To NOT give into my southern ways and speak poorly about them. But most of all to show them the love that I've been so graciously shown.

I love that you read this.