goal oriented love

so i had this thought:

god's love is not goal oriented. love is not goal oriented.

but the christian church? definitely outcome driven. let's love this person for jesus(ah)! let me show this lady kindness so maybe she'll one day see the light and get saved(ah). let me witness love to this troubled teen so he can someday come to my church(ah) and get saved(ah).

missionaries? great idea. help people. problem? a lot of the time it comes off as: we scratch you back, you get saved.

how about just love? no strings, no hopes. just love for the sake of love. because everybody needs to be shown love and everybody deserves to be treated with kindness - at least once. (what i mean is that there really are those who are unlovable and probably are unlovable because they were never loved and so they deserve to be show love and kindness just as much as the next guy.)

hey dude, you hungry? here's some lunch. shitty day? let's grab a coffee. screwed up big time? me too. but it's ok.

i think for many people, this is where the attraction lies in eastern belief systems: it's the same love your neighbour message as jesus' but without the series of unfortunate events (namely the inquisition and all that) attached to their history or ideology. sort of like two versions of the same house with identical interiors; only one is in a really undesirable area with dead appliances and/or cars on the dirt where grass used to be while the other has a nicely manicured lawn with lots of fancy landscaping and curb appeal. see what i mean?

bottom line:

just. love. and love will work out the rest (if there even is a rest.)

let's try that.