Make the Pledge to Choose Love in the New Year
In January 2018, I embraced the commitment to Choose Love, and I am determined to carry that pledge into 2019. I pledged to embrace others despite our differences, to include everyone regardless of their beliefs, and to actively prioritize love over hate or division. Will you join me in making this pledge for 2019?
Amidst all the negativity in the world today, the need for love has never been greater. I firmly believe that choosing love is simpler than choosing hate. Love is innate; it's something we're all born with, while hate is learned and requires conscious effort. Let's strive for love in 2019.
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Honestly, choosing love has become almost instinctual for me. Throughout every facet and situation in my life, I've strived to embrace love. As many of you know from reading the “My Story” section on my site, my childhood was marked by abuse and neglect. Being biracial in an all-Caucasian community subjected me to a lot of hatred. Despite these challenges, I clung to the belief that there must be a greater purpose for my life, and I made the conscious choice to love those who didn't reciprocate that love.
Happy New Year!
I post daily motivational tweets on Twitter on reasons why we should choose love above all else. Below are twenty of my favorite quotes on love that I posted on my “Choose Love” Twitter campaign in 2018. Enjoy!
- “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr
- “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr
- “Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” ― Mother Theresa
- “People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love…” ― Nelson Mandela
- “Our life changes the moment we choose love over hate!” ― Avijeet Das
- “Choosing to unconditionally love others is a path to deep joy.” ― Amy Leigh Mercree
- “Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
- “Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
- “The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
- “Where there is love there is life.”― Mahatma Gandhi
- “When you choose to perceive Love over fear, life begins to flow.” — Gabrielle Bernstein
- “Choose love and peace will follow. Choose peace and love will follow. —Mary Helen Doyle
- “There is love enough in this world for everybody if people will just look.” – Kurt Vonnegut
- ”A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.” – Kurt Vonnegut
- “A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.” – Thomas Carlyle
- ”Piglet: ‘How do you spell ‘love’?’ Winnie the Pooh: ‘You don’t spell it…you feel it.'” – A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
- “The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to choose love and defy fear.”– Martha Beck
- “Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.”– Marge Piercy
- “Love is the bridge between you and everything.”– Rumi
- “I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred.”– Max Lucado
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Such a beautiful blog by my beautiful friend. This is a must read on a weekly basis to block out the ugliness in our world today!!
Thank you so much Marie! Love you!
Let us all CHOOSE LOVE! This post is inspiring. Keep spreading positivity! Happy 2019! xoxo
Thank you Carmela! Happy New Year!
Such a refreshing post to read in the morning with my cup of tea. Thanks for such an inspiring post dear 🙂
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You’re welcome! Hope you have a fantastic new year!
I love the whole meaning behind the shirt. In this day and age its nice to see people choosing love over hate. I javent gone thru what you have gone thru and love is still second nature to me. Its hard to love someone that hurts you. This was a great post. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much Nadia. It is a conscious effort, that’s for sure.
What a simple yet unbelievably Important Campaign. It is so easy to Choose Love sometimes while others it definitely takes work. But if you trust the words of Winnie the Pooh, You Feel it! Obviously you will feel it as your receive it, but there is just something awesome when you feel it as you give it away!
Keep up the unbelievable work of choosing love!
Thank you so much Eric! Happy New Year!
Love everything about Choose Love’s message! I’m 1000% choosing love for 2019. Beautiful post with so many smiles! I hope you had a very happy new year and that 2019 is full of the love we all deserve!
Thank you, Emily! I hope the same for you as well.
It makes me a sick that people are still treating those who are different like they have a disease. We should love each other because we are the same because we are human.
It really is that simple! Thank you.
I adore this so much! I think the problem with our world is that too many of us have forgotten to choose love and kindness. It’s so easy to just be nice.
Preach girl! So true. Thank you.
What a fantastic campaign! I actually have a mantra that I follow. It is “Love is all there is”. As long as I keep this in my mind everything will work out.
YES! I completely agree! Thank you.
With everything that is going on in the world, WE NEED THIS MESSAGE! Wow, what a beautiful t-shirt that you and your friends and family are wearing and supporting! Let’s all keep choosing love!
Thank you Reesa!
What a fantastic shirt and a great effort to share the love. I love the idea of spreading more of positivity and good things in a world which can often feel like it is full of bad things.
Thank you Sarah! Wishing you a year filled with love!
What an inspirational and uplifting message. We need a lot more of this, every single day!
Thank you Brianne!
How inspiring! I agree. It is better to choose love. I remember the advice my aunt gave me when I was dealing with a failed relationship. She said, “Kill him with kindness.” Haha. Well, of course, that worked, but the relationship had ended and I moved on with peace in my heart.
Your aunt is a wise woman! Thank you.
I can’t agree more with you. Choosing love over hatred can always help us in long run and help make a better place for generations to come.
Yes! Thank you Rakhi. Wishing you a year filled with love and light.
I love this! Really inspiring! Thanks for sharing more love!
Thank you Toni!
What a great pledge! I think I will make it too! It’s so important to try to eliminate the negativity from our lives and love more!
Thank you Ave! Wishing you a year filled with love!
Pledging to choose love is one of the best things that you can do this year. I think that this world needs a lot more love and kindness in it.
Thank you Becca! I agree completely! I hope your 2019 is filled with love!
Such a beautiful movement. Very inspiring!
Thank you Angie!
What a lovely initiative, Autumn. I like when people think of others who are in need.
Thank you Heather!
I love the shirt! It’s very inspiring! Let’s send positivism / optimism in the world! Let’s smile and share love! It’s a good cause!
Thank you Emmanuel! I hope your 2019 is filled with love and light.
I love this! It’s a really inspiring movement.
Thank you Tiara!
What a fun shirt! And I adore that so many different people are wearing it to show their support. <3
Thank you so much Jennifer!
I love that this is such a postive movement! Perfect for 2019`
Thank you Holly! I hope you have a great year!