Khalil Gibran

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed" - Khalil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed."

- Kahlil Gibran

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"A good heart is better than all the heads in the world."
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Steve Jobs

"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

- Steve Jobs

Antoine de Saint Exupery

"Here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye."

- Antoine de Saint Exupery

Doc Childre

"Don't underestimate your capacity for inner strength and emotional management, once you put genuine heart into your commitments. A little practice is a small price to pay for accessing the connection to the caretaker within."

- Doc Childre

Oscar Wilde

"Keep love in your heart. A life without it, is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead."
- Oscar Wilde 

Francis Bacon

"If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them."

- Francis Bacon

Marcus Aurelius

"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."

- Marcus Aurelius

Aine Belton

"Gratitude is the sweet fragrance of an opening heart."

- Aine Belton

Paulo Coelho

"Wherever your heart is, that is where you'll find your treasure."

- Paulo Coelho

Rainer Maria Rilke

"The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you."

- Rainer Maria Rilke

Blaise Pascal

"The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know. We feel it in a thousand things."

- Blaise Pascal

Abigail Adams

"When a mind is raised, and animated by the scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman."

- Abigail Adams

Charles Dickens

"Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts."

Charles Dickens

Mark Twain

"A sound heart is a safer guide than an ill-trained conscience."

- Mark Twain

Doc Childre and Howard Martin

"By using your heart as your compass, you can see more clearly which direction to go to stop self-defeating behavior. If you take just one mental or emotional habit that really bothers or drains you and apply heart intelligence to it, you'll see a noticeable difference in your life."

- Doc Childre and Howard Martin  

Lionel Hampton

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."

- Lionel Hampton

J.C.F. Von Schiller

"I follow my heart, for I can trust it."

- J.C.F. Von Schiller

Sharing from the heart....about death

I had the opportunity to share some of my heart last night.  A friend had recently lost her father and they had been very close.  She looked like the grief had taken a huge toll.  I asked her if she wanted to talk about him and she nodded.  I understand how difficult it is to talk about a loved one who has passed….and the gut wrenching feelings that persist.

I shared some of the things that I had learned after my Brother had passed in an aircraft accident and my Mother passed after she had had her cake and opened her presents at her birthday party.  The things I had experienced, first hand, as I sought understanding of what lays beyond the life.

I shared my story about how after 10 years after her death, my Mother spoke to me.  Now that I know a bit more, I think she has been talking to me continuously….I just didn’t know how to listen.  Again, I hear her saying, “that’s nothing new”.

I shared my experiences with mediums and how it helped me look at what is beyond and not be in fear.

Long story short….I felt good sharing with her and I think that relaying my personal experiences made all the difference for both of us.  I felt I exposed my heart, with joy, to help her on her journey….as so many people have done for me.