{"id":999,"date":"2011-07-13T21:52:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T01:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=999"},"modified":"2011-07-13T21:52:36","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T01:52:36","slug":"go-and-love-some-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/07\/go-and-love-some-more.html","title":{"rendered":"Go and love some more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clipartguide.com\/_small\/0808-0801-0216-3249.jpg\" alt=\"I Love You Graphic\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite\u00a0 movies is called Harold and Maude. A classic made in 1971, it features a quirky relationship between a young man named Harold played by Bud Cort who is obsessed with suicide and 79 year old Maude played by Ruth Gordon who loves life.\u00a0 They meet at a\u00a0funeral of someone that neither of them know, since it is a hobby they both have. They become friends and more.\u00a0 Together they have outrageously fun and deeply exploratory adventures that have him\u00a0question the meaning of life and love.\u00a0 The film is filled to the brim with memorable quotes.\u00a0 One leaps out during the scene in which Maude is playing pinball surrounded by young people who are laughing and smiling at her antics.\u00a0 As he comments to Maude,\u00a0 &#8220;You&#8217;re so good with people.&#8221;, her delighted response is &#8220;They&#8217;re my species.&#8221;\u00a0 As the story winds down, and Maude is facing the end of her life and being ferried away by ambulance, \u00a0he calls out &#8220;Don&#8217;t leave me Maude, I love you.&#8221; and her poignant and powerful answer is &#8220;Oh Harold, that&#8217;s wonderful. Go and love some more. &#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Go and love some more. What would it be like if, despite pain and disenchantment, we could keep our hearts open to let love flow? I visualize the cardiac muscle that keeps\u00a0our bodies alive.\u00a0 If there is a blockage in any part of it&#8230;intake or outflow, life can&#8217;t be sustained.\u00a0 In that same way, if our emotions are blocked, we die a bit as well.<\/p>\n<p>I was speaking with someone recently who expressed feeling deep depression; indicating that everyone he loved was dead. I acknowledged his losses and then asked him if he believed that these were the only people he would ever love. He looked at me as if I was\u00a0communicating in\u00a0a completely foreign language. I reminded him that the world was filled to the brim with people to love. All he need do was reach out and let them in. So often, people limit themselves as to who they are willing to love. I remind folks all the time that everyone they now know and love were once strangers. A few years ago, a friend posed the question:\u00a0 &#8220;Can you love whoever God sends?&#8221;\u00a0 My response was &#8220;Of course.&#8221; and I endeavor to do just that. I have learned too that love is never wasted, regardless of the form, content or duration of that experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In your life, where do you limit love?<\/p>\n<p>What surprises have arisen when you have let love in?<\/p>\n<p>Are you willing to &#8216;go and love some more.&#8217;?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two of my favorite Cat Stevens songs are highlights of the movie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/6ycjX3rLzyE\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/6ycjX3rLzyE<\/a>\u00a0 Don&#8217;t Be Shy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/WFSjxkGOFZw\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/WFSjxkGOFZw<\/a>\u00a0 If You Want To Sing Out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; One of my favorite\u00a0 movies is called Harold and Maude. A classic made in 1971, it features a quirky relationship between a young man named Harold played by Bud Cort who is obsessed with suicide and 79 year old Maude played by Ruth Gordon who loves life.\u00a0 They meet at a\u00a0funeral of someone&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4,30,31,38],"tags":[543,539,540,538,541,4851,4852,542],"class_list":["post-999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attracting-what-you-desire","category-inspiration","category-love","category-movies","category-transformation","tag-bud-cort","tag-cat-stevens","tag-dont-be-shy","tag-harold-and-maude","tag-if-you-want-to-sing-out","tag-love","tag-movies","tag-ruth-gordon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Go and love some more - The Bliss Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/07\/go-and-love-some-more.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Go and love some more - The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; One of my favorite\u00a0 movies is called Harold and Maude. 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