Do not be afraid to open your heart and pour the love you have inside upon an awaiting soul. Those essential emotions are of no use unless they are shared. Just as the flowers of the desert depend upon the quenching waters of the mountains, our souls depend upon the love and attention of another.
Do not lock up your emotions to save for the time you feel safe… that moment may never come. The carefree and fulfilling heart will continue to give and develop only if freedom is exercised.
Every creature needs to be nurtured and loved. It is an act of selfishness to not share this life giving substance and to deprive a heart the necessities of fruitfulness… less the ability to give will be extinguished. The ability to receive will also hide like the darkened shadows of the night. The heart will harden like the sands under our feet.
The game of life is a fragile one. Must there be a winner and one of defeat? The one of success admonishes the desire to retract. Fear drives us to the posture of defensiveness and caution. The only defeat is when one does not receive the gift of love and the sin of fear blocks the doors of contentment.
I give to you all my attention and care ant expect nothing in return. If I knock and there is no answer… another will hear my smiles and the reflection of my joy will fill the air with the greatest of incense.
Shannon R Killman
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