Awakening Your Inner Hero

We all have love wisdom from heaven. We just have to slow down, breathe slowly, find a quiet place and listen to our tender, wise hearts and souls. We also have to keep learning from others who know more.

I rarely know the content of my monthly messages when I sit down to type. Wendy, my dear wife and editor, who has known me a long time, says, “That’s a good thing.”

We’ll see. …

Love is THE topic of life. So, how can I say that I am so wise that I have love wisdoms directly from heaven? There have been millions of books, songs, poems and teachings on this topic. I even wrote one of them, “No Guts, No Love,” along with some love poems, too. You probably have written at least one love poem, probably more. If not, give it a shot.

All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.

Love is all you need.
Love is all you need.

—John Lennon

Would we want to live in a world where there wasn’t love? NO! Talk about a dry, purposeless, fear-based existence. Most of us believe we could use more love in our world than we presently have. I would agree. In fact, maybe our primary purpose in life is to bring more love into our portion of this world.

I am not preaching here, but in the most-read book of all times, the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, love is the essence. Love keeps us flowing.

Are we imperfect at it? Sure! Can you and I get better at it every day? Absolutely!

Would most of us like to get better at it? “Absolutely” is the answer to that one, too.

Now, do I have the qualifications to offer you love suggestions from heaven? I believe each one of us has these qualifications when we listen closely to our wisest, most loving self.

Remember, these wisdoms are from heaven, but do I know what that means? A little bit. Heaven means from your highest place and all of us interpret that one for ourselves. This highest place is our heaven. Most of us won’t earn a Ph.D. in love, but if we keep learning, who knows?

Love wisdoms from heaven:

1. Love takes work. Hard, vigilant work. It is not just a feeling! When we wish to get better at anything: school, basketball, our job…we need to work at it. The more we work, the better we get. We don’t drop into a higher realm, we climb up to it.

Climb ev’ry mountain,
Ford ev’ry stream,
Follow ev’ry rainbow
Till you find your dream.

—The Sound of Music

2. True apologies are heaven-sent when they have our tender, dedicated love in them. We need to apologize as soon after our hurtful behavior as we can muster up the courage to do. It requires our self-awareness, vulnerability and courage. This heavenly trinity allows us to take responsibility for our actions and express our sorrow for hurting the receiver. We’re saying, “I do not want to hurt you and I will do my very, very best not to do it again.” That is an A+ apology. Love has a difficult time flourishing where there are no touching apologies.

3. In our close relationships, love is more about our giving than our taking. The word for love in Hebrew is ahavah, which means to give. When we accustom ourselves to giving, our hearts will catch up and will become more loving by nature. Give when you feel like giving and also give when you don’t feel like it. Don’t always wait for the feeling.

4. Forgive. There is an ancient prayer that is said before going to bed, “I will forgive everyone for everything.” This is also hard work, but when we practice, we can stop carrying around resentment, which is one of love’s most evil enemies. Love and resentment do not mix.

5. I have one more heavenly rule for you, today. With every effort expended to move up the love ladder, we are rewarded. Some rewards we notice, many we never will. But we are paid generously for our efforts. We also get promoted. The higher we go on the love ladder, the more people are touched by our efforts. Thus, we assume even more love responsibility.

It’s a fulfilling job…so please, love on!

—Burt Gershater is a local counselor, leadership trainer, speaker and writer. He can be reached at info@burtgershater.com.

This article appears in Source Weekly August 7, 2025.