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A NON-HALLMARK APPROACH TO VALENTINES

Lisa our yoga teacher told us today that she doesn’t do “Hallmark holidays” in her family.  Not being a proponent of that approach myself, I decided to go in search of more meaningful musings than what is typically found on the inside of a greeting card to offer you on this day.  I went to one of my favorite poets, John O’Donohue, to see what light he could bring to my thoughts on “matters of the heart” in preparation for this holiday.  I will share a few pearls from his writings.

“The heart is where the beauty of the human spirit comes alive...  Because the heart dwells in unattended dark we often forget its sublime sensitivity to everything that happens to us.  Without our ever noticing, the heart absorbs the joy of things and also their pain and care.  For this reason it is wise now and again to tune in to your heart and listen for what it carries.”

So especially in this month of February, take time to listen to your heart.  If you need a place of winter quiet stillness in which to do that, we are here.  If not, just remember to as e.e.cummings said, “be of love a little more careful than of everything.”

Marcia