The #iamlove Campaign

What would it be like to end all suffering? Even if momentarily. What might shift permanently in the world? I’d like to find out.

As humans, we all suffer. Sometimes unnecessarily. And also, as humans, we suffer at the hands of one another. Perhaps you’re suffering from lack of food, water, and shelter. Or maybe you’re suffering from feeling like you’re not enough. Suffering can range from life- to ego-threatening, but it’s universal.

This idea was inspired by my own suffering… the gauntlet of shame and fear I run on the daily. But at times it’s as if I can feel the collective fear and sadness of humanity, and it was on one of these occasions it occurred to me to see if I could change that.

So, I’m proposing that we spend 60 seconds physically connected to at least one other person, repeating the phrase “I am LOVE,” on January 1, 2018 at 12am EST. If you’ll be asleep, set your alarm. If it’s not yet January 1st for you, celebrate anyway. Maybe, just maybe, we can replace the universal experience of suffering with a universal experience of love for 60 seconds… maybe longer.