The heart is a powerful thing when we allow ourselves to open it. I never realized how big a heart I had until a friend shared her thoughts with me. I’ve been going through life trying to figure out how to open my heart and “live from my heart” (rather than my mind) for what seems like forever, and yet all this time it has been open! My heart chakra has not been closed, if anything, it has been too wide open! I’ve been open with my feelings, and open with my thoughts, and open with my plans…perhaps to a fault… yet somewhere along the line, I got this idea that my heart was closed.
This got me thinking, if my heart is open and I am a loving person, then why don’t I see that as a gift? Why do we go through life so blind to our own gifts? I believe it’s because we are too embarrassed to ask others what they are. When we lack the ability to trust our own feelings, we need to ask for help. This process ignites confidence and newfound belief in ourselves. Then everything we have forgotten becomes crystal clear and we can go be a light unto others. We can share our gifts because we know what they are.
And as for me, one of those gifts is vulnerability. Many people wouldn’t see vulnerability as a gift, but the reason it is, is because it allows others to be vulnerable too; to let down their armor, their walls, and get back in touch with who they really are.