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Bring Your Heart to Everything You Do:
Happy Valentine's Day(Agapi Stassinopoulos)
I was at an entrepreneurs meeting yesterday and was talking to a very
successful woman -- a mother and a businesswoman -- who is now divorced. She was
starting to feel sorry for herself because she didn't have anyone. That is what
prompted me to write this blog, to address the craziness that we get caught up
in on Valentine's Day. If that special someone doesn't meet your expectations
today, remember: It's just another day to offer what we can offer 356 days a
year, 24/7. If it has a charge on you, share your heart unconditionally, and
make it a fun day.
Valentine's Day is such a set up. For one, it is set up with so many
expectations for the people who don't have that one and only special person, to
feel excluded from what they assume (and trust me, it is an assumption) other
people have with a special person in their life. The people who have someone
special are filled with expectations of what their special person will get them
as a gift, where will they take them for dinner, should they send them flowers.
They want to figure out what they need to give the other person to remind them
how special they are on this day.
My dear friends, let's end this insanity today. Valentine's Day is just
another day to celebrate love. Love comes in many forms, shapes, and
opportunities 365 days a year, 24/7. Today, join me in the celebration of love
and bring your heart to everything you do. Unleash your heart. Make this
Valentine's Day an opportunity to unleash your heart, and make it a little
bigger. If you are in an elevator with strangers, smile at them. If you have an
extra chocolate in your handbag, pass it on. If you go to the supermarket, bring
the cashier a rose. If you are going to the bank, bring the teller a box of
chocolates. If you are on the bus, stand up and sing your favorite love song. Do
something to break the pattern that might be cycling inside of you, that may be
saying, "Woe is me, I don't have anyone special to tell me how wonderful I am
and to feel loved and cherished on Valentine's Day."
I think romance is a wonderful thing. It is an opportunity to bring the
sweetness and the tenderness of your heart to a more present place. I've always
loved the phrase, "Treat yourself as if you were someone inexpressibly dear to
you." I think this sweetness and romance starts with ourselves. So today, go buy
yourself your favorite flowers, create romantic moments for yourself, and open
to a more sharing, loving, and joyful way in everything you do.
I remember some years ago, I would get caught up and feel this pit in my
stomach, because someone special wasn't there to take me to dinner and tell me
how much he loves me. But now life is different, ever since I have been in this
impassioned mission, spreading the Unbinding The Heart message, because
I realized when I placed this condition, and I would only spread my love when I
was loved in this way, it so restricted me, and bound me -- it created so much
unhappiness. As I say, wear Spanx on your hips, and not on your heart. So let's
start with the person in the mirror: Give to yourself with such generosity, and
if you need a special little something for yourself, ask someone for something
you want, and then you can both receive. Create a joyful day for yourself and
those around you.
Keep your heart open no matter what -- that's the greatest gift we have as
human beings. When things go the way you want them to, or when they don't, we
always have the choice of staying open or shutting down. When we are open, we
have the opportunity to create what we want. Because when we are open, our
perception is open. So as they say, what are you going to give up for lent?
Let's give up any feelings of sorriness for ourselves, feelings of what life
should have given us. Let's give up any feelings of lack, and know that the most
beautiful gift we have as human beings is our heart -- it is always available to
us. If we listen, nurture, and learn to share it, our hearts will grow a
tremendous capacity for love.
So this Valentine's Day, open the gate, and let the water that is being held
by the dam flow. Bring your heart to work, to your family, and to those around
-- and sing the song of your heart.