Foolish Hearts...

Days lengthen...temps rise...spring beckons and teases just off in the distance...how the foolish heart trips, stutters; the ole hit 'n miss engine sputtering to life, to love, to commitments, to more...leaving the garbage behind, shaking the dust off the feet, face turned to the sun at all times.

Dear hearts, it is so incredibly easy to fall into fearing change...so easy to view change as the enemy, to take happiness out and turn it all round searching for flaws, for tricksies, for monsters hiding under the bed, ready to grab you by the ankles and spill you down, pull you under. Take a breath dear friends...settle in and take a moment to look, truly look at the gifts being given...they are for our benefit, for our growth, for trust to be planted and bloom in a garden filled with the soft warmth of love and light.

Happiness can look like something to avoid...our foolish hearts are wise beyond the pale, beyond the norm...taught to see everything with glasses of smoke and mirrors, of torments adjusting the viewing piece to reflect evil, to reflect hidden motives, ulterior plans, rejection and pain.

Set that piece down and pick up the new, the fresh, the beauty of truth and clear sight to truly see what is in front of you. Wading through the cues, the signals of danger to those things and people that uplift, that encourage and speak with loving kindness and respect.

Isolation is a healing tactic...needing time and space alone....all good things come from time alone spent in reflection and meditation.

Moving out of our comfort zone is also a healing tactic...once again joining in team sports, hitting the gym, the pool, coffee with a new friend....slowly dear treasures, slowly and with care for who you allow in your inner circle.

Today I bring home a surprise...allowing myself to move and truly live...to add to my circle, adding joy and companionship. Returning to life in every aspect can be painful dear hearts...it stretches, it pushes the borders of safety, of tranquility.

Live...truly live my friends...that is where the foolish heart takes me this morning. My determination to truly live in each moment, to try new things and return to old things that brought joy and life to heart, to mind, to my physical body. Fear is but a door to better things, to life, to all that is waiting for us that is good and wonderful.

Go with God today and every day forward, stepping out and stepping back in to living, really truly living. Stand tall dear friends, walk proud and carry that big stick of truth, of life.