When a prominent man collapsed at his desk, his doctor told him he was tired from overwork. But close friends knew the reason was that he was trying to live a double life. Such a life is out of focus and off balance. It is healed with the unification of the self around the most powerful, cleansing, life-giving power known — the power of love. Love is a divine agent that holds life together as a whole.

Thoughts by the late Rev. Paul Osumi are selected weekly by his family.