Love and Democracy

I’m nervous.

Although my messages almost always focus on love in one way or another, and love can be one of the touchiest topics we can discuss, this message potentially adds an even touchier topic, politics.

Politics and Love.

You’d be nervous, too.

To be completely open, politics is not a topic I know much about. About eight years ago, I stopped watching the news on TV because it became too overwhelming and toxic for my sensitive nervous system. Just too much for me.

But I do know a thing or two about how divided our nation is these days, and healing divisions of all kinds is why I am here on Earth. We’ve all been given a job to do and this has been my primary assignment. Each one of us has been given assignments and we all have work to do. We’re rarely off duty in the hours we spend on this spectacular planet Earth.

First, we’ll talk about love.

We all know a thing or two about this amazing word.

And we all have tons more to learn in the allotted time we have left. We should never, ever stop learning about love. One of the problems with learning about love is that it has soooo many definitions and nuances that, in the end, what the heck is it?

Here are some key words related to this most important word in the world:

Be kind, caring, devoted. Cherish, be selfless, sacrifice. Love is often related to romance and sexual attraction. That is not the part of love we’re talking about today.

More unity and letting go of me so I can understand and appreciate you, especially when we discover our differences. Love is designed to overcome differences!

Love is way more than a feeling. It is a way to live, and reminds us that we are all connected, even when we aren’t feeling it. Our feelings cannot rule our love and when we allow it to, which we all do sometimes, love can fade quickly.

True loving is not easy.

It requires work, discipline and a willingness to not having to be right.

Needing to be right is one of love’s biggest enemies.

I can disagree with you and still be respectful and kind.

Love is BIG.

And there is no room for hate under love’s umbrella.

Now, democracy.

We humans realized a long time ago that the ordinary citizen needs to have a part in our government’s decisions. Everyone is important! Societies around the world have operated in different democratic forms for thousands of years.

We the people…means everyone. Everyone is valued, respected and protected. There is no hate in We the people, zero, none. The ultimate purpose for ugly hate is that all of us will come to the realization that hate is NOT why we are here. It poisons and attempts to destroy love…which it can never do. Not as long as Love’s warriors are vigilantly practicing what we preach.

Love wins!

And when love wins, democracy thrives.

Democracy and love are built into our genetics. The Iroquois Great Law of Peace, dating back to 1142, established a sophisticated union that significantly influenced the framers of our U.S. Constitution. This reality was not acknowledged by our Senate until 1988!

It was Onondaga leader Canassatego who urged the 13 colonies to unite just as the Iroquois had. Ben Franklin printed his speech. While white settlers were fighting during the American Revolution for the right to govern themselves, thousands of Native Americans were already living under a system of government that embodied much of what the founders crafted during the Philadelphia gathering in 1776. Ben Franklin urged our founders to follow the Iroquois way.

The great seal of the United States is a bald eagle holding an olive branch and 13 arrows with a scroll in its beak reading E Pluribus Unum—out of many, one. Despite the Native American influence on America’s democracy, they were among the last Americans given the right to vote.

Love and Democracy are inseparable.

We all have a ton of work to do.

Let’s do it together.

This article appears in the Source April 2, 2026.