Love and Basic Facts

Sometimes I sit and wonder: Would our world be on a better path if in elementary school we paid more attention to the lessons we learned in math. I imagine back then we didn’t understand how those lessons would relate as we grew a little older… in terms of love and hate. Even now I have to wonder: What is your reaction when I tell you love and hate comes down to simple addition and subtraction? I draw your attention to those math lessons… the ones about basic facts… Love as a plus…adds to the world Hate, as a minus…subtracts. And if I may extend a moment this mathematical vision When it comes to love and hate we can’t leave out multiplication…and division. Hate divides us, it tears us apart… it makes the world smaller in shape and size Love brings us together and with our help… it multiplies. I wonder if the world shouldn’t go back to school perhaps that would help us all to see… until we improve in our basic facts we are only a fraction of what we can be.