How to lift a heart.....

"some things don't matter much.

 Like the color of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person's heart--now, that matters. The whole problem with people is...they know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters." — Sue Monk Kidd

It is true...it is often hard to make the right decision...to choose the thing you know.... that simple God whisper that comes and matters.

There is often an intuitive method to the maddness...

a force onnected

to each of us,

pushing us onward and then pulling us toward the goodness of life...

Lifting a person's heart has a cost that many of us are not willing to make...

it involves reaching across the invisible space between them and us and

connecting,

touching,

communicating,

acknowledging our presence and undeniable dependance upon each other.

We see pain, or hopelessness, or grief all written on someone's face,

we see the weight of the world on their shoulders so pushed down that they almost drag the ground,

we can hear all of it in their emotions...

we know..

really know..

how to make a difference...

but

often

making that choice to do so...

well it would

involve slowing down,

coming out from the inside of our own umbrella that we have pulled down over us

protecting our hearts, our soul's our own emotions.

So many things in life that I once saw as important

have lost their meaning

as I've tried to learn to take the risk,

to move out from under my protective covering,

it scares the hell out of me...

connecting that is...

touching

talking,

supporting,

giving....

but

often the most important

gift

that I can give to anyone is

a smile,

a glance in the eye,

a quick hello, how are you today?

a touch,

a hug,

an

acknowledgement.

clothes...really doesn't matter what we wear,

houses,...they come and they go....can be clean or dirty..

money...can't buy us love...

material wealth...what good is it if there is nobody to share it with...

Life comes and Life goes

and

inbetween each second,

there

are moments...

moments for us

to choose the right thing...

and

the right thing

is

always the thing that lifts the heart

that fills the world with a bit of love,

choose love,

choose life,

choose connections,

choose awareness,

choose your neighbor...

these things...

these are the things that matter the most...

the things of the heart spaces.

Have a wonderful Monday Evening...

blessings and hugs....