Take a moment now and focus on your heart, allowing yourself to sink into and absorb the love that naturally emanates from it. In the theater of your mind, visualize your heart energy. What color is it? How does it feel: warm, cool, soft, breezy...? Talk to your heart, even if you feel silly doing so. Thank it for all it does for you, and ask what it would like you to do for yourself and the greater good. Pay attention and accept any insights or feelings that come. Or don’t come. Simply hanging out with your heart provides a wonderful and potentially healing oasis. Try this exercise whenever you’re feeling devoid of hope.
As with anything that grows, hope needs conscious care and compassionate attention in order to bloom. As hope takes root and flowers, you will be well equipped to maintain emotional and spiritual balance and harmony during both calm and confusing times.
Excerpted from How to Stay Upbeat in a Beat Down World by Sue Patton Thoele. Available on Amazon.
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