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The other day I was enraged by something. I was so mad I scrunched up the piece of paper and threw it off the table. At work I am normally more placid and relaxed than that. I was mad. Students tell us on the one hand they want more stuff that helps them think yet when we do it the majority of them complain. So in the frustration of this paradox I vented. I love being human. It’s what makes me … me.
People around the table were suprised at my actions and asked me what was wrong. Most of them understood… but because I don’t live in there heads I can say that they really knew why. Whether I am walking the dog, reading a blog post, writing a chapter or yelling at the kids… everything I do comes from the heart. In all honesty most people I think live from their rationality and ignore their heart. People might say:
“I am doing this for my kids”
Do they really need it?
“I want to help but I don’t know how?”
Why not go and ask?
“Something needs to be done but I am not person to do it?”
If not then who is?
And so I could go. In this brief post today can I say that it takes courage to live from the heart. You put it out there and it will get hurt. Try it and you will see as I do… living from inner convictions makes you vulnerable, weak, a target… a picture of a person who is open. What’s the alternative… live as a drone in a world driven by the dollar? Driven by basic need?
Let me leave you this thought: What is it you could do today from the heart that you said you couldn’t do yesterday? Why not do it? Why not go and do something today from the heart… if it’s just one thing. Hey, you never know you may just open up a pattern for you life that changes it all. I did and it’s been hard. But, I would rather be hurt and listen to constant criticism and know I am being true to me than what I see in most people. The soulless pursuit of something that ends up meaning nothing.
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