Can Love Change the World?
The Romantic & the Pragmatist speak
Susan L Hart / May 29, 2025
The Romantic speaks
Love is the force that draws us inexorably together, the glue that will not allow us to give up on each other. It is our greatest challenge and biggest source of miracles. Infinite love already exists in everything that is alive, including you and me. Our love lessons are about removing the obstacles to love. They teach us out how to access, express, and live it. That is, if we choose to learn.
This can sometimes feel difficult in a world that is expressing so much dissension and “un-love”, but each of us is a potential key to healing humanity. Fear, anger, and prejudice – we employ a myriad of padlocks to hold our love hostage. Every experience around love is an opportunity for self-examination, and for us to grow.
Do you realize? Your love gives you immense personal power to change the world. The mass media news is too often rife with division, hate, and fear. Some people just wait and hope for an external power or institution to cure the big problems of the world, because the events feel too big and out of their control. They will have a very long wait.
Consider that perhaps the high tension in the world right now is a challenge to each of us to work on unlocking our love. Together we could collectively unleash a world of love that has never been seen before.
If we don’t care enough to personally get in the game, the world we desire will slip through our fingers like quicksand. It begins with each of us, with one random act of kindness, a single word of compassion, a step upward on the stairway of understanding.
It’s one bit of love at a time. It ripples outward and builds. It comes from you, and me, and anyone else who chooses to participate, instead of just complaining about how bad things are. It’s what the ancient Greeks called “agape”, a selfless love for humanity, and the world sorely needs more of it.
Adopt a global consciousness. Choose to be a living example of love, compassion, and understanding. Work to bridge the divides you encounter. As Gandhi said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
That which you give to the world, you ultimately give to yourself.
The Pragmatist speaks
When will we achieve a world based more on love? When we stop supporting the agendas of psychopaths. Good people believe in goodness (and therefore love), and that goodness will prevail. Goodness is a wonderful attribute to have, but not when it is turned against us as a weapon.
Good people trust, which makes it hard for them to see the undercurrent of psychopathy in society, unless of course it’s the blatant type exemplified movies. However, there are many examples of “quiet psychopathy” around us. These ones also completely lack empathy and remorse, and in fact they believe they are quite entitled to take advantage of others. They see it as our own fault if we’re too stupid to see through them. They’re often intelligent and attractive, and know how to use these charismatic attributes to manipulate others. They see that good people value empathy, so they also know the words to use to emulate it to manipulate us. (Empathy is a human attribute that evolves out of love.)
I believe we witnessed examples of the quiet psychopath coming out of the closet during the early days of the pandemic. There were many in political positions who could not hide their smug glee at the prospect of locking up the population. But, of course, the rules didn’t necessarily apply to them.
This is why a spiritual evolution cannot not be won simply with “love and light”. There is a naiveté to this belief, grounded in blind trust, that is dangerous. Evil does exist, and these days it’s often shrouded in double speak. It’s important to critically discern and see the world with eyes wide open, because we and all of humanity are standing on the threshold of opportunity to create something different and much better. But first we must acknowledge the darkness of the psychopath, say no to it, turn our backs, and walk away.
There is truth in both viewpoints of the romantic and the pragmatist. As with anything, it’s important to achieve the right balance. So, do I believe love can change the world?
Yes, absolutely! Care-FULLY and carefully.
© Susan L Hart 2025 / Author website: HartInspirations.com
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Beautiful piece, Susan, and I agree 100%.
A beautiful and powerful piece, Susan — thank you for sharing.
Love and compassion connect hearts from all corners of the world.
They are the quiet superpowers of our shared humanity. 🌍✨