The rule for all of us is perfectly simple. Do not waste time bothering whether you “love” your neighbour; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less. – CS Lewis

CS Lewis describes what he calls the four loves. With one of them being “charity”. Using the old definition of the word.

His idea is that love for others should exist and be shown not in whether we like them or even if we don’t like them – that it should show in all our actions towards those we encounter.

The idea is a difficult one to enact.

To act as if we love (have charity toward or for) our neighbor.

What should we do today to live like this?

Make it a great day.

Jake