Thoughts to Ponder – October 21, 2015
“Listen to your heart. It knows all things,
because it came from the Soul of the World,
and it will one day return there.”
The Alchemist*
Listening to our hearts is often difficult. Some people do it instinctively. Regrettably, most of us tend to listen to outside voices, rather than our hearts and bodies.
Just watch a newborn and you will see that he knows what he needs. She cries when she is hungry and automatically turns to her mother’s breast. He cries when he is wet and we respond by changing his diaper. Of course, we’ve all experienced times when neither the bottle nor the diaper meet the baby’s needs and we pace the floor for hours trying to soothe her. The baby knows what he needs, but we are thinking in adult mode, so are unable to provide it.
As we grow we are taught to conform to expected norms. We sit still in school, do our homework, then sit in front of the television because our parents fear what lies outside. I’m not saying that the fear is unreasonable. It just doesn’t fit what our bodies and hearts need.
We continue to grow along those patterns and follow anticipated social norms. Then one day we are adults who don’t know what we want to do, just that what we are doing doesn’t feel right. We are unhappy and make those around us unhappy. Too many souls return to the Universe with sad hearts.
Some of us rebel and are considered learning disabled or socially unacceptable. Many people who contribute scientific discoveries or beauty to our world are slotted into that category.
Some of us don’t comprehend our path until we are older and have to dig down into our souls to find the courage to follow our hearts. The change can be difficult, but rewarding with old worries, heavy hearts and body pains fading away as we begin follow our new, but original paths.
A few of us are fortunate to understand our calling while still children and are encouraged by those around us to follow our hearts. What a joy to live that life!
If we as adults can learn to follow our hearts we will raise a whole generation of children who live according to their hearts. Can you imagine how wonderful that will be?
Spirit,
Please open our souls to hear to our hearts calling. We know they never stopped calling. We stopped listening. We choose to live according to our heart knowledge, realizing that we and everyone around us will be happier. We choose to return to the Universe with happy hearts.
And, so it is.
* The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo, pg. 132, HarperCollins Publishers
© by Sharon D. Dillon, October 21, 2015
Sharon D. Dillon, energywriter@cox.net, http://energywriter.me “Laugh your way to peace, love and joy”
Chesapeake Bay Writers, Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop, Southern Humorists, National Society of Newspaper Columnists
Author of “Twins! Oh no!,” one of 14 stories in The Book of Mom: Reflections of Motherhood with Love, Hope and Faith, published by booksyoucantrust.com. Available in print and e-format at Amazon.com.
Laugh your way to peace, love and joy 
That was a very beautiful post. Took a walk down the lane this afternoon to try to do exactly that. To start tuning into my heart abit more. Great pearls of wisdom
Thank you, Candy. We seem to be on the same wavelength. Your posts strike me the same way.
Thank you, Candy.
DEEP Sharon! Thanks for making us think…
Thank you, Lisa. I often have to remind myself to follow my heart when I become tangled in life and work.
DEEP Sharon! And very true…
Sharon, a reflective and deep piece, beautifully written.
Thank you, Dave. I’m so glad the post resonated with you. I wish we could all live by our heart voices, or as the ET song goes, “Turn on your heart light.”