Two things that act like cement in our lives are guilt and shame. They keep us stuck in the past, and unable to step forth into a wonderful future. Guilt and shame are both constructs of the ego, of the mind. They have nothing to do with the heart. The heart loves! End of story!
The mind, on the other hand, analyses, find things to criticize, to blame, to feel guilty about or to guilt others about. Love does none of the above. It loves! End of story! Sometimes it might be tough love, but it is love nonetheless. Not judgment, not blame, not guilting or shaming.
To step out of the rigidity of our lives, and allow change to flourish, we must let go of guilt and shame ,whether it is addressed towards ourselves or towards others. Freedom comes when we release all ties to these two jail-keepers and instead hitch our star to joy and love, in the here and now.
Today's Focus was excerpted from the InnerSelf.com article:
From Rigidity to Change
by Marie T. Russell
Read the original article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf, wishing you a day of choosing joy and love (today and every day)
Join me again tomorrow for the Daily Inspiration and focus of the day.
Today, we hitch our star to joy and love, in the here and now.
