The greatest of these

What happened?

I walked into a Hallmark Store tonight, and I spent the next 20 minutes chasing my heart around the store. Somewhere in the last year my heart learned how to literally beat it's way right out of my chest. I have a visual of it... it's a cute little plump heart with chubby little arms and legs. And when it gets super excited it runs out ahead of me and turns around and waves... then runs again!

Hallmark, a store of sisters, moms, family, husbands.... it's like its own little world in there. Every positive childhood memory, and every beautiful anticipation of my future family popped into the frames. Each frame with a saying that perfectly matched some memory or dream I have.

I do love a good quote, and wish I had more time lately to peruse some inspirational quotes. Hallmark had this little quip to offer:
Dream with all your heart
Hope for every moment
Love with no regret

It just seems like a nice saying, until you read deeper into it. Dream with all your heart: my dreams are "save the world" kinds of dreams, "create world peace" kind of dreams, "nothing is impossible" kind of dreams. I often feel sad for people who don't know they have the power to change the world.

Hope for every moment: Hope for the best, glass is half-full, or full and running over. I am all about assessing risk, but have HOPE, hope for the best. Create hope in every moment. It's hope or it's nothing. What's the point of any given moment if it lacks hope?

Love with no regret: If you have an opportunity to love, love BIG. Love big. So what if you embraced something imperfect or if the love changes. Love, love in that moment changes everything. A moment to give or receive love is a gift that cannot be exceeded. ... the greatest of these is love. The greatest is love... the greatest.