I am reminded today that the opposite of love isn’t necessarily hate. It is often selfishness! And one way to ward off selfishness is to discover the secret of happiness.

The the words of St. Francis of Assisi:

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To Consol as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life!