i had plans for today's post. i had been thinking about it for days and was eager. then yesterday happened and i had to share. so today's post will have to wait. i hope what i share instead resonates with you.
i have to tell you... i do not listen to the news. i do not read the news. i spend most of my day looking at beautiful things and listening to beautiful music. i surround myself, in my home, with beautiful things. it is not just that i enjoy beautiful things - i am trying to keep evil at bay. it may sound crazy but i really believe what you put out there - in the world, is what you get. so i put out beauty... and goodness... and love. i hope to get a lot of that back.
it does work with me, but as with everything on my journey, it is a hard thing to do. it is hard to let go of my attitudes, perceptions, experiences and focus on just the good, the loving, and the beautiful. it is hard to focus on the light to keep away the darkness. my friends say i wear rose-colored glasses. i don't think that is true, but i do believe if we each try to seek the goodness in others first and try to be kind, we would all be part of a love movement that would bring the people of this world closer to the world it was created to be... a world of love. but as with letting go, that is hard.
yesterday, i and the people i am in a learning group with, went out to feed people who without our kindness would not eat that night. But we could each spend only seven dollars. and we had to feed a lot of people in two hours. you would be surprised at some of the wonderfully outrageous things we did to make our seven dollars go far. in the end we feed real food - bread, water, pizza and more, to over two hundred people.
and... we didn't just feed them, we talked to them, exchanged names, smiled and connected. we were not a lot of people. we didn't have a lot of money. we didn't have a lot of time. we didn't have... wait... you know what? it doesn't matter what we didn't have. what matters is what we had. we had each other. we had the desire to make a difference. we had the commitment to help and love. we had the willingness to get what we wanted done without worrying about how we did it.
i am telling you - love is growing, spirituality is spreading, self-introspection is becoming popular and more people are trying to live lives of kindness, love and peace.
so today, i am lifting up those who are going through hard, sad, tumultuous times. today i am embracing all those who live outrageously in the hopes of touching, moving and inspiring others. today i am blessing those without and holding them close.
i am holding my heart in my hand and letting the glow of my soul fill my heart with radiant love. and then i am going to step outdoors and hold my heart up to the heavens. i believe the radiant glow of my heart's loving kindness will reach out to the hearts and souls of others. i believe it will touch others and they will wish to spread this loving kindness to others as well.
i believe we should all hold our hearts in our hands and let the glow of our souls fill our hearts with radiant love. and then step outdoors and hold our heart up to the heavens. i believe the radiant glow of all of our hearts... of our loving kindness, will reach out to the hearts and souls of others. if enough of us share loving kindness, perhaps next week we will start to hear stories of overcoming and health, of peace and joy, of compassion and goodness. perhaps we will hear stories of love and kindness and we will know that loving kindness does abound in this world of ours.
if you read this and are moved to comment... please tell me and my friends .... you know where the love is... it is within each and every one of us!!! each and every one of us can make a difference
-- written by asd --
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