Creations Start with Love

ICHAK ADIZES argues that love—rooted in mutual trust and respect—is the primal force of creation and growth.

According to physics, time and space began with the Big Bang, meaning that anything that existed before the Big Bang was not constrained by time and space. It was limitless. What has no limits? What cannot be bound by time or space?

Love. We may still love someone who has passed away. We might love someone who is thousands of miles away. Love has no limits. It cannot be bound by time or space. And love is God. God—love—is the source of creation.

This made me think that, apparently, love is a necessary component of creation. Look at the founders of companies or countries. They are deeply in love with their creations to the point that they’re willing to sacrifice their quality of life to advance a purpose that they are committed to.

Observe an artist as they paint. They will not let their painting go, will not display it; they will continue painting and improving it as long as they are in love with it. A musician composing music does the same, as does an author writing a book.

Mutual trust and respect are the indispensable
foundations of love, which allow any system to grow. If
there is no mutual trust and respect, love will disappear.
Instead of integration and growth, we will
experience disintegration and deterioration. 

A little baby, when he sees someone he has never met, does not notice whether the onlooker’s nose is too big or her ears are sideways, whether she is ugly or beautiful. Babies don’t see that. They see with their hearts. As they gaze back, they feel whether this new person seems loving or not. Based on their feelings, they decide whether to smile or cry. They search for love and need love to grow.

Research shows that babies who are loved grow bigger and healthier than babies who are deprived of love. Flowers and vegetables show the same reaction to love.

Mutual trust and respect are the indispensable foundations of love, which allow any system to grow. If there is no mutual trust and respect, love will disappear. Instead of integration and growth, we will experience disintegration and deterioration.

Look at people in love. They often look younger than their age, while people who are filled with hate look old and wasted. Love retards aging because love is absolute integration, and when there is integration, there is no waste of energy. Hate disintegrates and thus causes waste of any system’s fixed, limited energy. As energy is wasted, life is shortened, and you live fewer years.

Dark is the absence of light. They are more than just opposites; they are also two sides of the same coin, two slices of the same pie. Thus, do not curse the darkness; instead, light the candle. By the same token: Do not hate hate. Just love, and with love, you create and turn your dream into a reality.