Listen closely as each experience falls on the soil of your heart.
To the melody it sings within.
The song it sings may point to 1 of 3 things:
- A door cracked or swinging wide open
- A sense of indifference
- A door slowly closing or slamming shut
The opening door rings the bell of YES
I am ONE with this.
Connected.
Indifference could mean lack of attention or understanding
Not yet ready to receive it
Perhaps at a later time
Or not ever.
When the sense of the experience feels like a shutting door
It could mean a No
This is not right for me
Or the stirring of fear that blocks the path to the yes.
Listen to your heart.
What is it saying right now?
‘Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backwards.’
~E.E. Cummings
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1. How often do you sit still long enough to feel/listen to what your heart is trying to tell you?
2. When your heart cried out with ‘Yes!’, what did that feel like? Were you absolutely certain right away? Or did your heart shift from uncertainty to certainty over time?
3. How do you choose to handle a sense of indifference about a particular situation?
4. Sometimes the ‘no’ is our own. Sometimes we are dealing with the ‘no’ of another. How difficult is it for you to listen to your own ‘no’ if you fear rejection or need approval?
5. What is your heart saying right now? How will you choose to respond?
The power of 3. 1. Open the door and walk in. 2. Ask many questions and sit still waiting for the perfect answer. 3. Close the door and walk away. Too many of us (myself included) spend too much time in position two. We leave the door that should be shut cracked open a little to the past and we let fear stop us from opening the door to the future and walking through. Decisions are difficult but until we make them life won’t move forward.
Thank you for a great post. And for all you do.
Tom
Thanks so much for your insightful comment Tom! Any time we, or someone we are dealing with, is caught in the limbo land of indifference is the worst place to be. I feel it’s better to be hot or cold rather then lukewarm. Indifference is neither or riding the fence between both yet not committed one way or another. It is also where a great deal of ambiguity in relationships come from and could be the space where people who rely on ambiguity tend to hide.
I loved how you put it… ‘We leave the door that should be shut cracked open a little to the past and we let fear stop us from opening the door to the future and walking through.’
It gives me the image of holding on to two things at the same time. Not willing to let go of one thing while wanting to grasp for another.
Or in worst case scenarios…someone wanting to have their cake and eat it too! (depending on the situation)
Thanks so much for thoughtful comment. I appreciate you taking the time to read and share. : )
Your welcome. Your posts always make a connection.