Our most prized possessions don't compare in value to loving and being loved.
Forgiveness is giving up all hope of a better past. The past is gone, and even thought we may legitimately know we were wronged, we are the ones who end up suffering when our hearts are closed in anger. An essential component of compassion and forgiveness is realizing that the other person's words and actions are not about you, but about their internal reality, which has intersected with yours.
As Archbishop Desmond Tutu put it: To forgive is the highest form of self-interest. I need to forgive so that my anger and resentment and lust for revenge don't corrode my own being.
Developing a loving heart. Phrases can include: May you be safe from harm. May you be happy. May you live with ease and joy or any other words that feel natural and genuine. Practice sending love to all beings everywhere. Choose a person of the week. Try it with strangers and people you see casually and then progress to those you don't want to love. Start where you are and honor our feelings with the intention of opening our hearts in understanding. First bring to mind the positive qualities on the person. This helps you soften your heart and makes you open to wishing them well.
A free joy ride. "Mudita practice" to develop and expand the natural uplifing we feel when others thrive. Sympathetic joy. May your joy and happiness continue, and may good fortune follow you everywhere.
Play is love. Play opens our heart and coonnects us with others in a joyful way. Instead of seeing it as a luxury, give yourself some playtime, not only for the fun of it, but as a way to open your heart.
The underlying energy is love loving itself through you. Love moes in a circle. You take it in and sent it out; you sent it out and it comes back to you. You are an instrument of love, and as your relationship to others becomes an expression of that, your capacity for joy grows. If your love rests on wishing happiness for everyone you meet and everyone you share this life with, you joy will be boundless.
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I noticed you like Rich Dad Poor Dad. That book changed my sons' lives. Both quit university and are doing well following entrepreneurial pursuits.