Live By Heart
by Michael Feeley
Technically your heart is the primary muscle of your circulatory system; located on the left side of your chest near the center of your body; pumping blood throughout your body so you can live. It’s the engine that gives you life.
But, it’s also your emotional center. The place that tells you the truth; gives you freedom; guides you, creates and maintains the quality of your life.
That’s why it’s essential to examine the state of your heart, to take a deep and thorough look inside yourself, as a skilled surgeon would, and see exactly what the core of your heart is really made of.
It’s a daily operation we should all do because the state of your heart not only affects your entire being – your life – but your feelings, thoughts and actions also affect the hearts and lives of other people.
In her great essay, ‘Set it Free’, Dr. Martha Beck passionately describes what it means to live by heart —
to trust its wisdom and love:
“As you learn to live by heart, every choice you make will become another way of telling your story, calling your tribe, and liberating not only your heart but the hearts of others. This is the very definition of love, the process that makes all-too-human people and societies capable of true humanity. It will chart you a life’s journey as unique and authentic as your fingerprint; send you out, full of hope and breathtaking exhilaration, onto paths you never thought you could travel. It is the way you were meant to exist. If you stop to listen, you’ll realize that your heart has been telling you so all along.”
Thanks – Michael
Please share this from your heart to others.
This might also interest you a lot – Do You Have A Kind Heart?
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