The "Revolution of Love"

I have had a house full of sick little ones and in my efforts to slow down and be there for them (on the couch with snuggles, and tissues, and drinks), I have had a lot of time to reflect on the power of womanhood. Facebook is ablaze with posts about the Women's March. Tensions are high. Tempers are flaring. It is a sad thing to see so much hate and so much confusion over what it means to be a woman.

As I sat on the couch with my little babies, all I could think was that the "revolution of love" the REAL revolution of love, starts in the womb with a generous heart. It is made up of countless hours of worry and care for someone completely dependant on you for for their every need. The "revolution of love" starts when women are bold enough, brave enough, and generous enough, to deny themselves and choose life---when they give of themselves as only a woman can.

Women have always had tremendous power.  It may not always look like the glamorous power of politics or the corporate world, it isn't always noticed or rewarded, it certainly doesn't bring in a pay check.  But a woman gives life, nurtures that life, molds that life, and so molds the future. And not just the life of her children, but that of her husband, her friends, and her community as well. This incredible power comes with a price. It requires deep selflessness, it requires a choice to love more, and a committment to be better every day.

I do not mean to reduce a woman to her capacity to bring forth life. And even if I were to do so, that is an incredible thing in and of itself. But woman has in her very nature the ability to be "universal" to be adaptable, to reach out, and to nurture. Whether she remain single her whole life and work in the world, join a religious order, or marry and raise a family, it is a woman's unique ability to nurture life and to better her environment whatever it may be.

Let's not forget. Let's honor our womanhood, our femininity, our differences with men, by choosing love. Let's honor the generations of women before us who have shaped history through their own revolutionary love poured out daily in their homes and communities. Let us honor all those women who humbly built civilization with acts of everyday domestic charity and sacrificed themselves to create a better world. That is our legacy that is our inheritance and it is priceless.

If you want to be a part of the "revolution of love," choose life. Choose to love another more than you love yourself. Pour out your own heart into theirs and let them flourish. In so doing, you WILL change the world.

Bring on the REAL revolution of love!