Fueled By Love

Ok, I guess I'll get around to doing the thing that I'm supposed to. If I don't, I'll get in some sort of trouble—my boss will be angry, my spouse will be upset, my children will be sad. So I do the stuff I have to do to avoid trouble. 

While this isn’t bad, it's only a start. Over the past few weeks, I've noticed how much more I want my actions to be motivated by love. I want to be fueled by a deep desire for the good of those that I love.  

Even now, it's not that I am either fueled by love or fear of trouble. Both of these are on a sliding scale and often mixed. I want to gradually move the needle towards love. 

This week, I invite you consider your motivations:

What is the makeup of my motivations? To what extent am I fueled by love? By fear of trouble? When and where do each of these tend to show up? For the areas motivated by fear of trouble, how would I need to look at them differently to begin acting with greater love? 

God bless,
Dan