Love Needs Air
LOVE NEEDS AIR
Ummmmmmmm…
Master of Love…
Does Love need wings?
No, Dear One.
Then how does Love fly?
First tell me—
What does a wing need?
AIR!
And what does the air do?
PUSHES BACK!
Does the wing fight the air?
NO!
Does it surrender?
NO!
Then what does it do?
MEETS IT!
Turns it!
Moves through it!
And what happens?
LIFT!
LIFT!
LIFT!
LOVE NEEDS AIR!
LOVE NEEDS AIR!
Something to meet,
something that’s there—
LOVE NEEDS AIR!
But Master…
I thought Love
was supposed to be easy.
Who told you that?
If nothing ever pushes back,
how will you know
you have wings?
What does the air do?
PUSHES BACK!
What does the wing do?
LIFTS UP!
What does the world do?
PUSHES BACK!
What does Love do?
LIFTS UP!
But is resistance Love?
No, Dear One.
Resistance
is resistance.
Then what matters?
WHAT YOU DO WITH IT!
Fear can meet resistance
and build a wall.
Love can meet resistance
and learn to fly.
Ahhhhhhhhh…
Master…
What’s the equation for lift?
Lift equals one-half—
ONE-HALF!
Times the density of the air—
THE AIR!
Times the speed squared—
KEEP MOVING!
Times the area of the wing—
OPEN WIDE!
Times the coefficient of lift!
THE WHAT?
How well the wing
turns moving air
into upward force.
Is there an equation for Love?
That one’s simpler.
LOVE LIFT EQUALS—
WHAT WE MEET!
Times—
HOW WE MEET IT!
Equals—
LOVE LIFT!
WHAT WE MEET!
HOW WE MEET IT!
LOVE LIFT!
What if I meet fear?
WITH LOVE!
Anger?
WITH LOVE!
Difference?
WITH CURIOSITY!
Sorrow?
WITH COMPASSION!
Resistance?
Now you’re learning.
WHAT WE MEET!
Times—
HOW WE MEET IT!
Equals—
LOVE LIFT!
But what if I can’t change
what I meet?
Dear One…
That’s why
the second half
of the equation
belongs to you.
HOW WE MEET IT!
HOW WE MEET IT!
HOW WE MEET IT!
Does more resistance
always mean more lift?
No.
Suffering isn’t Love?
NO!
Pain isn’t Love?
NO!
Resistance isn’t Love?
NO!
Then what is Love?
HOW WE MEET IT!
And if the wind changes?
FIND THE ANGLE!
If turbulence comes?
FIND THE ANGLE!
If I stall?
Rest.
Turn.
Begin again.
LOVE NEEDS AIR!
LOVE NEEDS AIR!
Something to meet,
something that’s there—
LOVE NEEDS AIR!
Master…
What is the
Coefficient of Love?
Not how much resistance
you can endure.
Not how much suffering
you can survive.
Then what is it?
How well Love
turns what it meets
into something
that can rise.
THE COEFFICIENT OF LOVE!
Not the weight of the struggle—
WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT!
Not the strength of the wind—
HOW YOU MEET IT!
Not how hard
the world pushes back—
HOW BEAUTIFULLY
YOU LEARN TO FLY!
Ahhhhhhhhh…
But Master…
Would perfect Love
have no friction?
Perhaps…
in a perfect equation.
And real Love?
Real air has friction.
REAL LOVE DOES TOO!
Real air has turbulence.
REAL LOVE DOES TOO!
And still—
WE FLY!
LOVE NEEDS AIR!
LOVE NEEDS AIR!
WHAT WE MEET!
Times—
HOW WE MEET IT!
Equals—
LOVE LIFT!
The world pushes back—
WE LEARN TO FLY!
The world pushes back—
WE LEARN TO FLY!
Master…
What if we fall?
Who said Love
was the absence of falling?
Then what is Love?
Learning
what your wings are for.
And what are they for?
To meet the air.
And then?
LIFT!
And then?
LOVE!
And then?
WE FLY!
LOVE NEEDS AIR!
LOVE NEEDS AIR!
WHAT WE MEET!
HOW WE MEET IT!
LOVE LIFT!
Ummmmmmmm…
Love needs air.
So do your wings.