Be Still and Listen to your Heart

I understand that the Chinese have 2 characters for the word 'busy' meaning heart and killer or death, meaning that when a person gets too busy, their heart becomes 'dead' or at any rate that a lot of busyness in our lives could have fatal implications for us.

I don't know many people who do not have increasing busyness in their lives and when that happens it means it becomes very hard to find the time to be quiet, to experience a stillness that allows us to really listen to ourselves. The human heart was meant for times of quiet when we can learn to become calm, to connect with who we are and to dream of what we are to become. We need stillness and time for contemplation so we can ask questions of ourselves and listen to the answers contained within. Rushing around numbs us to what we are really feeling and thinking. It separates us from so much that is of value to our beating hearts, the things we hold dear. Do you know the answer to the question 'What does your heart desire?' Be still and listen to your wise woman/wise man heart.

• What are my values?
• What 3/4/5 things in my life are most important to me?
• Who do I most admire?
• What is my purpose in life?
• If I had all the spare time in the world, what would I be doing?
• If I knew I couldn't fail, what would I do?
• What brings me most joy?
• What makes me feel most alive?
• Where would I like to be in 5 years time?

I say this knowing that sometimes my life can be hectic, demanding and overwhelming. I can scurry from this activity to the other, my life gets packed with 'must dos' and its easy to end up going round in circles and feeling that I never quite achieve as much as I wanted to. And I have to remember to still the busyness and allow some quiet space to enter my life.

Its important to consider what's really important and make the time for that. Take the time to be still, listen to what your heart tells you and dream a little of the life you want. I wonder what the chinese for 'heart saver' would be in English?

My blessings for today
1. Absolutely, a warm safe bed awaiting me. A place to be still, to contemplate, to dream.
2. I am thankful to Elaine for her help in reconnecting with someone I had lost touch with
3. For my husband's safe arrival in Colombia

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