Gifts of the Heart, Part 2

Though the heart is a physical organ, which sustains life, it is also a spiritual being capable of nourishing us on many levels. From my heart, I learn the art of compassion, deepening my relationships with those I encounter or simply think of.

In school, many of us learned to think with the brain, which is an awesome organ. Dropping from the mind to the heart is a vastly different way to view one’s world. What does one learn thinking heart-fully?

We become more sensitive, loving and caring human beings. To begin to acknowledge the gifts of the heart, Love is the prime emotion we embrace. Loving oneself is a requisite if we are to live and love another.

Perhaps the greatest present we can give another is our self-loving personae. Who would desire a non-loving being? If I am to gift myself, my best assets are me, a compassionate loving being, Be-ing uniquely me. Once I allow myself that gift, then I can gift heart-fully those who cross my path. Then truly, I am offering gifts of the heart.

Thus, in February, as we celebrate St.Valentine’s, let us begin with us. That box of chocolates, so beautifully decorated, is for us. Once that deepening relationship with self is realized, then we can gift the world in a genuine, honest manner.

What is inside will flow with ease as does the river outside my home. I choose to embrace the deeply flowing river, not the swift moving one that may be shallow. I choose to flow with Divinity and to continually gift myself. Then others will experience my gifts of and from the heart.

Blessings,

Rev. Dr. Barbara C.