I would like to share with you,

my friend Harold's message:

Founder’s Global Love Day Address
May 1, 2010

Welcome Dear Friends to Global Love Day 2010,

This is a precious and essential moment on our beautiful planet as we gather around the world today in a unified expression of unconditional love. In every nation and in each culture, we come together as one heartbeat sharing the love that is our true and natural collective potential.

We choose on this day to embrace ourselves and each other and to celebrate our extraordinary humanity.

From the great oceans, vast plains and highest mountains that sustain our fragile and vital ecosystem, to our village friends and city dwellers that bring meaning to our common journey, we are quickly realizing that everyone and everything is interconnected and interdependent.

With each passing day, it is also increasingly evident in every corner of our world that great change is upon us and that by standing together in mutual respect, honor and dignity for one another, we will answer this call with creative, viable and sustainable solutions.

We must take the necessary steps now to reach out to our fellow humans and extend our hand in forgiveness, acceptance and genuine friendship. Our choices shall be made from compassion while embracing the richness of our amazing diversity.

The love and acceptance we have for ourselves will be the source of our strength to assist others. Together we can and will make a difference through love.

These necessary changes may challenge us to the depths of our courage and test the very essence of our personal character, yet with each ensuing breath we shall remain in love and this love will be the very basis of a new era of peace and abundance, equality and goodwill for all.

You are powerful beyond measure and have come together at this remarkable time to share your incredible wisdom, creative nature, and unconditional love, and we extend our heartfelt appreciation to each of you.

We welcome you to our seventh annual Global Love Day.

Love, light and peace,
Harold W. Becker
Founder and President
The Love Foundation, Inc.

Global Love Day 2010

I am celebrating Global Love Day on May 1 and I invite you to join in this celebration. My friend Harold W. Becker is the Founder and President of the Love Foundation and he is the one who created Global Love Day. I share with you, his message for the world:

Our theme is simply…

“Love Begins With Me”

We recognize this day as a symbolic expression that we can choose to love each and every day as we gather together and unite as a collective humanity through unconditional love.

We are one humanity on this planet.

All life is interconnected and interdependent.

All share in the Universal bond of love.

Love begins with self acceptance and forgiveness.

With respect and compassion we embrace diversity.

Together we make a difference through love.

The newest updates:

(All links to this information can be found on our home page at www.thelovefoundation.com)

Quotes and Thoughts

That want to be in peace, does not change. That thirst to be fulfilled, does not change. Anchor then to that reality, and you will not drift.

Anchor to that beauty that is inside of you, and you will not drift. Everything else will change as it always has. As it always will.

— Prem Rawat

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Stepping Into the Dream by Clive Harvey Fox

Every next small purposeful step affirms our highest intentions.

Intention drives the manifestation process where dreams become reality.

Keep stepping ahead, especially through challenge and fear.

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There is something real in you. There is something beautiful in you. If you want to be mesmerized by beauty, be mesmerized by the beauty that is within you. If you want to understand something, understand yourself.

If you want to love, love this beautiful breath that comes into you. If you do this, you will be given a gift of peace, joy, love – not in thoughts, not in words, but in feeling. And that is no ordinary gift.

— Prem Rawat

Words of Wisdom

This world is filled with questions without answers. The heart is filled with answers without questions. We can accept those answers, not the answers the world is trying to give us.

The answers of the heart are very, very different, because the heart says, “Awaken and rejoice. Awaken and be alive. Awaken to the possibility of being fulfilled.”

— Maharaji, Prem Rawat

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I don’t want to put one more philosophy to you. Philosophies has been enough. There must be something practical, something real. Up to a certain stage this also seems to be one more philosophy, but there is a difference between philosophy and what I am talking about. And the difference is that I have the process to feel, to experience, what I am talking about.

— Maharaji, Prem Rawat

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How do you hide from yourself? Wherever you go, you go with you. So does your heart, your quest, your thinking, your understanding. Everything follows you wherever you go, and that’s why this issue needs to be solved.

It should not be feared, because that peace, the fulfillment of this heart, it is the greatest bringer of joy on the face of this earth. We are talking about joy unparalleled.

— Maharaji, Prem Rawat

The Garden

You have a garden. Take care of your own garden. You’ve been taking care of other people’s gardens, and the vermin have been eating yours. You can’t have that. Take care. Prune. Don’t let the weeds get out of hand.

Take care of this beautiful garden, this beautiful life you’ve been given. How? By not finding fault with it, but accepting it. By not comparing it, but admiring it.

— Prem Rawat

Inspirational Quotes

Each day is a new canvas to paint upon. Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness, and at the end of the day you don't look at it and wish you had painted something different." -- Author Unknown

"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation." ~ Brian Tracy

"In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life." Mary Manin Morrissey

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." ~ Helen Keller

"What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity." J. Sidlow Baxter

"Goals are like the stars: They are always there. Adversity is like the clouds: they are temporary and will move on. Keep your eyes on the stars." Byrd Baggett

"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice." by Jim Rohn

Lovely Beginnings for 2010

The year 2010 began with a day out at the beach in Central Coast, Australia with family and friends. The first day back home in Malaysia, I was blessed to have a wonderful lunch with my extended family to celebrate the New Year.

And for the first day back at work, the first appointment in my office was with my spiritual friend from England, Amaranatho. We met at the Faith and Climate Change conference in London last year, as he presented the Buddhist perspective there. We have since become good friends. I am learning a lot from him and love our exchange of thoughts. Our common factor? Love for Earth and for humanity. Thank you, Amaranatho for your friendship and for sharing your knowledge with me. Much appreciated.

I believe Love can change the world. You and I can make that difference. Love to you!