"I celebrate my big open heart."
"I told the sea I’m not meant for this cold, heartless, callous world. (My heart is much too soft for this place). And the sky echoed back, “That is exactly why you are here.” – J Lynn, My Life in Whispers
My ability to love with a big open heart is my strength, one of my powers. I emanate love from my tender heart like the sun radiates warmth and light, illuminating all that come into contact with it. This is what my heart was designed to do. It is way more powerful than I even realize.
I choose to keep my heart wide open bursting with love for myself, for others, for the world. I am safest with an open heart as it means that I am living in alignment with my true nature. An open heart is a supernatural source of power, it shines, heals, and lightens the load. I need it to thrive. I need it to live a life that goes way beyond dissatisfactions, endless menial chores and survival.
In fact, loving is exercise for my heart. The more I love, the greater my capacity is to love even more.
Yes, my heart does ache in the face of injustice, cruelty, homophobia, misogyny, racism, and the departure of loved ones. It comes with the territory of having such a heart bestowed upon me. That’s the flip side of the coin. It’s like having excellent vision where you can see beauty and the not so beautiful.
An open heart doesn’t mean I’m a fool without boundaries, that I can’t say no, or that I tolerate abuse. It never ever means that because that's not love.
I choose not to close my heart for when I do, I am the first to be cut off from all the benefits of love, and from so many of life’s joys. My heart cannot be broken no matter what country western songs say. Pain comes into my heart and it is there that it can be transformed into tenderness and even more love. A loving heart and all the actions that come straight from it create a lighter and kinder world.
Go ahead and fall in love with your own heart. Celebrate it. It is a thing of wonder. And ask yourself, is there even more Love than that is possible for me?
My self talk:
I have a huge open heart.
I am safest when my heart is open.
I'm totally in love with my heart.
I celebrate my ability to Love.
There's way more love waiting for me to feel it.
Thank you for reading.
With love,
Maryse
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