We live by it. We die by it. Emotionally charged beings do not know how to interact daily without getting into the heart of matters. We awake with it. We go to sleep with it. By design, we are sensitive, fragile in our approach to love, yet we can be strongest if others depend on us. “Above all else, guard your heart.” My heart is my center. It is my core. It beats for so many roles that it has in my life and on most days, I’m afraid that I’m overworking this incredible muscle. But every single day, I am proven wrong.
When I believe that I am broken beyond repair, I am reminded to love. When I feel that all hope is lost, I am reminded to love. When I allow the events of this world to weigh me down, in an effort to keep going and spread decent messages, I allow myself to continue to love. If you know me, you know that what I do is done passionately and with a direct focus on love. I cannot turn it off. I have been in the healthcare industry for fifteen years because all I have ever wanted to do was help others in some way, shape, or form. I am the glue in my family, keeping us together. With power granted to me by the Almighty, I have sustained many years of treachery, yet I am still standing. And willing…
To Love.
There are several things you may not know about me. I will share them here. I do not have a Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, What’s App, Snap Chat, or any other trendy account where constant drivel is shoveled out on a daily basis by a world that is losing its grip on love. I do not watch the news, if there’s something I wish to know so that I can be in the know, I will search a trusted news outlet and read it. My only vice in the arena of news is the Weather Channel. I do not watch any videos where people are being beaten, burned, mutilated, mistreated, or lured into traps laid out by the evil-doers of this world.
Self-Preservation: it is what keeps me going.
My heart, it has seen a plethora of differences in people, places, and animals, yet it still wants to love. Yearns to love. For this reason, I must guard it. I must protect it from those eager to persuade me in some way with their shady schemes. People can be extremely harmful when it comes to characteristics and certain quirks and I have had my share of imbeciles to know when one is lurking about. It can be easy to fall prey and become a victim, especially during these times.
I do not believe I have ever felt the saying, “We are living in our last days” as much as I do now. My prayer is that humanity gets its act together and quickly. My heart and I are waiting. So, while we wait, I will get better in ways that I should. And while we wait, I will learn more about how I can strengthen others around me who have trouble loving while guarding their hearts. And hopefully, they can help me where it is needed most too. The heart can make or break us.
Really needed to hear this message today my friend, you found a way to get through and yes, I hear it beating, loud and strong ❤
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I’m glad you hear it–keep hearing that heart of yours, Kim.
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some days it gets too faint….working on it though.
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I understand. Truly, I do.
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Loud and clear, Tre. This was a stirring piece, and it hit home.
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Thank you, Lisa. 😊
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You have a beautiful heart.
Thank you for your words, Tre. xox
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Thank you for reading, Faith and your kind words here. *big hugs*
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My pleasure, Tre. (((BIG HUGS BACK!!))
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This piece came right on time for me, Tre. With so much hate and anger swirling around me, I needed to read this today. Thank you.
So many lines resonate with me. I want to pick out a few:
“My heart is my center. It is my core. It beats for so many roles that it has in my life and on most days, I’m afraid that I’m overworking this incredible muscle. But every single day, I am proven wrong.”
Yes. Yes. I love this. How often do we feel like our heart should wear out from all that we put on it? But, there it is guiding us and beating for us again and again.
“I am the glue in my family, keeping us together.”
We’ve emailed about this point. It’s a tough space to live. I am a big part of that glue for my family, too. I love my family and they love me, but sometimes the burden of keeping so many lives together starts to break off tiny of pieces of me so that I feel too rugged around the edges. I then find myself getting overwhelmed with anger when I need to do what you say and find my center…my core…and love. I need to love, not because I think that I’m not “allowed” to express anger, but because the anger can tear at me so deeply that I find myself creating my own wounds.
Of course, this political activist cannot turn of the news. 😉 However, I have disciplined myself to curate it more – as you say – from trusted news sources. By trusted, I don’t mean news sources only agreeing with me or my perspective, but sources that understand the difference between fact and fiction and why that difference matters.
Finally, I won’t quote your entire section on Self-Preservation. I just want to say that it speaks to me because I know that I want my daughter to read it one day. I want her to understand what it means to guard one’s hear while still helping it to love. I want her to benefit from some of our pain and hard work so that she can learn this lesson a little easier and little sooner – before the hyenas and vultures of the world tear too much of her heart away.
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Ahadi, thank you so much for your response. I know you’ll provide all that you need to for your little one. She’s lucky!
Thank you for reading! 😊
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trE, I’m resonating with your words, and hear your beautiful heart. You’re so right about humanity – things have never been so bad, and it’s up to us all to unite in love, and evolve. Love to you. ❤️
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It is definitely up to us, Betty. Thank you.
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Beautiful!
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Thank you! I truly appreciate your kind words.
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That wraps you up like a blanket. ❤
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Ha! Thank you. 😊
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Yes, I hear it. And I needed to hear it today. This is peace. This is grace.
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Peace, Barry. I’m glad you came around today. Thank you.
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This spoke to me literally.
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I’m glad you could connect in some way, Devika! 💙
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Love to you.
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Thank you. Peace, blessings, and love to you.
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Yes, I hear your heart beating, Tre. 💙
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But, do you hear yours too? 🙂 Thank you, Mags.
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Most of the time. 🙂 You’re welcome, Tre.
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K. As long as you do most of the time. 😊
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A powerful message, Tre, to love beyond pain.
I also don’t watch the news unless there’s a very specific reason. I work in a high trauma environment and avoiding more trauma (aka media) is such an important way to protect ourselves so that we can keep giving in ways that we were created to give.
You’re a tremendous source of wisdom and your love for humanity comes through with such depth and sincerity, even through the matrix. 😃 🙏🏽 Blessings.
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Thank you, Patty. I see enough trauma on a daily basis at work, myself. I agree with you. Thank you for your words and your honesty.
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I love your passionate essays and this one is a beauty…you’ve expressed how I’ve been feeling and how I’m making my way in the world…we’ve just woken up to a red sun due to all the fires burning here out west and up north, it does indeed feel that we are truly living in the last days.
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Please be safe out there. You are in my thoughts. I appreciate your words yet wish I could do more for you guys.
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Your words are a great comfort…we are not alone in fighting the good fight…thank you for popping by, it warms my heart!
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You are very welcome.
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And a very happy Sunday to you and Jernee from me and Frank!
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Thank you!
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Heart felt, heartfelt xxx
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Jane, thank you. Hello. Happy Sunday! 😊
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