Living from our hearts is such a beautiful, peaceful and grounded place to be. However, in a society taught to think with our heads and solve problems logically, it is sometimes difficult to stay in our hearts.
Self doubt can actively flip us back into our heads quicker than just about anything. Once locked in our heads, time goes by as we frantically accomplish nothing.
This just happened to me. As I worked myself into more of a frenzy my ever present insomnia worsened and my body returned to its painful state of being. The pain became a familiar distraction and an excuse for me to pull away from life. While the pain filled my brain so that I could not think or sleep, I consoled myself that surely everyone would not only understand why I had fallen off the radar they would actually feel sorry for me and my illnesses.
But, wait… I wanted to heal, right? Isn’t that why I called this site “Desire to Heal?” How easy it is to forget and to fall back into the familiar (perceived) safety of old ways of being.
This escapism, however, is not real safety. Real safety resides in our hearts. It is a calm, peaceful love of self, life and all others that sits quietly and waits for us to stop our tired dance. While we scurry madly about looking for answers to our angst, all of the health, hope, joy, peace, love and everything good in life lies quietly in our hearts and waits patiently for us to notice.
This morning, for me, it is a lump in my throat, a feeling of wanting to cry that finally gets my attention. Rather than shove the feeling away, I decide to focus my attention on it. In observing the feeling an amazing thing begins to happen. I feel my heart reaching to calm my head as my head is wanting to sink into the warm safety of my heart. The quality of despair that I first felt with the impending tears dissolves in a breath and a sense of joy begins moving in.
On another deep inhale and exhale, I begin to feel more alert, open and in control. My pain (physical, mental and emotional) is transmuted into love of myself, life and everyone else.
It is incredible how quickly feelings and our outlook on life can change when we connect with our hearts.
Living from our hearts is such a beautiful, peaceful and grounded place to be. However, in a society taught to think with our heads and solve problems logically, it is sometimes difficult to stay in our hearts.
Self doubt can actively flip us back into our heads quicker than just about anything. Once locked in our heads, time goes by as we frantically accomplish nothing.
This just happened to me. As I worked myself into more of a frenzy my ever present insomnia worsened and my body returned to its painful state of being. The pain became a familiar distraction and an excuse for me to pull away from life. While the pain filled my brain so that I could not think or sleep, I consoled myself that surely everyone would not only understand why I had fallen off the radar they would actually feel sorry for me and my illnesses.
But, wait… I wanted to heal, right? Isn’t that why I called this site “Desire to Heal?” How easy it is to forget and to fall back into the familiar (perceived) safety of old ways of being.
This escapism, however, is not real safety. Real safety resides in our hearts. It is a calm, peaceful love of self, life and all others that sits quietly and waits for us to stop our tired dance. While we scurry madly about looking for answers to our angst, all of the health, hope, joy, peace, love and everything good in life lies quietly in our hearts and waits patiently for us to notice.
This morning, for me, it is a lump in my throat, a feeling of wanting to cry that finally gets my attention. Rather than shove the feeling away, I decide to focus my attention on it. In observing the feeling an amazing thing begins to happen. I feel my heart reaching to calm my head as my head is wanting to sink into the warm safety of my heart. The quality of despair that I first felt with the impending tears dissolves in a breath and a sense of joy begins moving in.
On another deep inhale and exhale, I begin to feel more alert, open and in control. My pain (physical, mental and emotional) is transmuted into love of myself, life and everyone else.
It is incredible how quickly feelings and our outlook on life can change when we connect with our hearts.