I'm Not Alone

Today is Valentines Day. A set aside to express your love and devotion. There are many ways to display affection, I prefer the small ways that occur daily. My mother used to tell us, " If you are nice to people all year round, you don't have to scramble around trying to find a special gift at Christmas and Valentine's Day." I've tried to take her words to heart. Love is in the intangible gifts that infuse your soul and melt any traces of bitterness. Melvin and I liked a commercial in which one person performed an act of kindness to a stranger and someone else watching the act would "pay it forward" to another stranger in need.
I usually leave work between 4:00 and 5:00pm. I rarely stay later than five. Today I didn't leave the office until after 5:00. I enjoy listening to the 98.7 mini concerts that play at the top of the 5 o clock hour. I missed it today. I knew the air waves would be filled with love songs yet, I wasn't as melancholy as I thought I would be. I began to ask God what I would be writing about today. The answer was almost immediate.
I have shared with how much driving calms me and how Melvin sends his love via song, well, one day I heard a song that reminded me of how Melvin would get in my ear and "rap" his feelings to me. Not the rap our children listen to, but the ole school rap a brother used to give a lady if he was diggin' her. The song that resonates for me is, I Wanna Know Your Name, by the Intruders. There's a verse that says, "You just a jazzy, jazzy ole baby." I can hear Melvin saying that so clear. And God gave it to me today, at the very moment I posed my question to him.  The song is old, it was played at a time I am already at home and not listening to the radio, and of all the love songs to be played, they played that one. There is really no reason for it to have been played today and at the moment it was played, it was meant for me.
I am not alone. This intangible gift made sure I would not wallow in a sea of despair and longing.
Allow God to guide your heart and make everyday one in which you show love, appreciation and devotion.
Perform random acts of kindness and they will not return to you void.


Tomorrow