Every day I take some time to read comments in response to the nearly 200 posts I have written. \u00a0I am truly amazed that so many of you take the time to read and then write back your thoughts. \u00a0I want you to know just how important you are to me. \u00a0Writing can be a lonely pursuit. \u00a0Your comments make it far less so.<\/p>\n
There are so many things that can fill our hearts and that’s what this post is about. \u00a0A telephone call to or from a friend is one example. \u00a0So is an unexpected gift card or an email, or some snail mail from a long-lost friend. \u00a0Just having a stranger smile at us when our minds are “someplace else,” can fill us up too. \u00a0Or doing the same for some one else!<\/p>\n
Did you ever consider that that might be why we are here, in fact? \u00a0To help fill the hearts of others? \u00a0Who knows if that’s true. \u00a0Until we get to the end of the journey we can’t know any thing for sure, but the many steps from here to there are surely made more meaningful if we place some focus every day on taking an action that would fill some one else’s heart. \u00a0Filling some one’s heart and remaining anonymous about it is even better!<\/p>\n
I think a very good daily practice, along with prayer and meditation, eating a healthy breakfast and having an exercise routine; would be to make a verbal commitment to some one that we intend to do something unexpectedly kind for some one else that day. \u00a0It could be a friend or a stranger. \u00a0And then following through. \u00a0It’s been my personal experience that when I do that, the day flows smoothly and my own heart is made even fuller.<\/p>\n
We have all heard that what we give away will come back to us. \u00a0Carefully selecting that which we want to give is terribly important. \u00a0Lest you think I am suggesting we do for others what they should actually do for themselves, rest assured. \u00a0That’s not what I mean. \u00a0Clearly every one has her own path, his own load to bare. \u00a0But simply being helpful or attentive in even a small way can make the difference that changes a person’s life forever.<\/p>\n
In order to prepare yourself to do some “heart-filling kindnesses” in the future, make a list of what some of them might be. \u00a0Carry it with you. \u00a0Begin the practice of this immediately and watch your own life change. \u00a0It will. Absolutely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Every day I take some time to read comments in response to the nearly 200 posts I have written. \u00a0I am truly amazed that so many of you take the time to read and then write back your thoughts. \u00a0I want you to know just how important you are to me. \u00a0Writing can be a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-karens-musings"],"yoast_head":"\n