Lorraine E. Castro, LMFT

Hello. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and writer. I have been on a spiritual path for most of my life. I am finally understanding that the source of all our grief is our lack of self-love, and therefore, the ability to love others. Really and truly, love is all we need. If we loved ourselves, we would only wish love and peace for every other human being, animal and plant on the earth. Hopefully more of us will begin understanding this and the balance of the universe will change.

This is the time for all of us to move beyond our selfish self-interests to a global consciousness. If you want to feel safe and loved, you must live these attributes and model them to others.

We need to follow Gandhi’s suggestion to “be the change you wish to see in the world”. Each one of us can cause the change by embracing our own responsibility to be a positive force in our own lives.