How You Should Love

For All Jamaicans

You talk a lot about love,
Write love poems to satisfy your heart,
Send love notes to the ones that you cherish,
And play love songs on the stereo.
But how strong is your love?
Is love only a scene in a motion picture?
How real is love to you?

You can make love universal.
Mere utterance of love doesn’t mean much.
Offer a helping hand today.
Be courteous and kind to others.
Hug a motherless child.
Treat it as though it were your own.

Do you really want to love?
Would you like to be loved by someone?
This is how you should love.
To love requires more than a good intention.
Put your love into action.
Love with your whole heart and deed,
Not just with your speech.

Let love guide the way you think.
It will reflect in the things you say and do.
Don’t just say you love,
Show how much you love.
And pattern the greatest One above.
For the Bible says, ‘God is love.’