In choosing thoughts, feelings and actions, we have two sources from which to operate—love or fear.
In any situation, we can ask ourselves, "Am I feeling this way, speaking and acting from a place of love or fear?" By simply stepping back, releasing ourselves briefly from the emotional charge of the moment, we can better assess our motivation. A deep breath can bring insight and restore the connection to our heart center, which always operates from love through Spirit. The only real choice is Love. Love is the key. Today, if you are feeling broken-hearted, may you be comforted by these words: Each of us has experienced a broken heart many many times. Our hearts break due to disappointment, betrayal and loss.
As we suffer in this way, our hearts shatter wide open, bleed and experience immeasurable pain. As a survival mechanism, we quickly try to repair the cracks, to cement them shut to stop the hurt. However, it is only through the broken heart that we learn to love. It is specifically through its wide open crevices that we let love come in and allow love to go out. If the cracks have been mended shut, we cannot do either. ©2023, Janice L. Lundy All Rights Reserved. |
Gentle and timely reminders for the spiritual journey, because sometimes we forget or need a kind nudge back to Center.
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Dr. Janice Lynne Lundy (PsyD, DMin, MPC)
is The Gerald May Professor of Spiritual Direction & Counseling at the Graduate Theological Foundation. She is an interspiritual director/mentor, educator and counselor who has been pointing people back toward the Sacred for nearly thirty years. Connect |