It's the summer of love! 

August has always been one of my favorite months. I'm a sun person and love the summer. August reminds me vacations, and trying to take advantage of the magnificent weather this month bestows on us. I love being around the water all the time, but in August I can really merge with the ocean and bodies of water, not just through admiring its beauty, but physically being in it.

As the month winds down, many of us have to kick it into another gear. That is the gear of preparation. Either we're preparing to get back to work or get the kids ready for school or off to college. Life in general is full of preparation. It seems we are always getting ready for something...finding new jobs...getting ready to retire...raising children or planning for their weddings...bring new life into the world...or saying goodbye to loved ones. Life, it seems, can just be one long, continuous preparation.

Deep inside, I always felt that all the things I have done have been important, but I also knew that this journey of life was meant for more than just preparing us to take the next step in our lives. Whether we achieve what we set out to do was not the most important part.  It is how we walk through life, how we carry ourselves and what we can take away from the experience.

I once was asked "Michael, on the very last day of your life when the angels come to get you....what would you like to have achieved?

Without hesitation I know from deep in my heart and soul the answer. I answered "Love."

It was another piece of the puzzle falling in place. When I answered that question, I saw how as I walked through life (whether I was conscious or not), everything I was doing was coming from a place of love of some type or another.

The Greeks talked about three types of love, Eros, Philo and Agape. During the month of August in the Ah-Man Blog, I will share my thoughts and perspectives about love from these three very different places.

Enjoy your summer.

Peace and Love

Michael