Apparently I'm way behind on the times people!
Call it a religious experience
Call it a little bit of craziness
Call it a little bit of backwardness
Call it what you will, but I've only recently applied the term "unconditional love" to myself.
I have had an overwhelming life filled with innocence, wonder, LOVE, confusion, fear, peace, understanding (in that exact order) more times than I can count.
It's an amazing cycle now that I'm starting to see the way God works.
Every cycle, something would get added - anything ranging from anger to selfishness, pride, loneliness, desparation, conceit, you name it...we have all experienced it in some form or fashion.
I like to quote the world wide saying "tree of life" and apply it to the scientific way you can tell how some Trees age. - The rings in the center can mark how old it is - outwardly you may have no clue, but cut it into two pieces and you get proof.
Life is literally layer after layer after layer of potential "character destroying" AND "character building" circumstances/things/facets.
It's not about how "big" you get, It's not about how "pretty" you get, It's not even about your life surroundings (wide open forest compared with a competitive Rain Forest)
It's about how you adapt to your surroundings/situations/thought/heart process and become the one thing God made us all to be.
A Creature of Unconditional Love.
It's simple. It's beautiful and it only starts with a choice.
Fight for life, or die trying. Either way you are a winner in the so called "end"
Picture borrowed from http://kingsenglish.info/2011/02/01/olive-branch/
Night all - Love!
~KBR