Hi everyone,
I decided to choose the heart as my inspiration today. This was because I had a day of short runs of tachycardia (fast heart beat), all day yesterday, which have plagued me for a few years now. Lest anyone be concerned, I take no medication through choice, and with the support of my GP, until and unless surgical intervention should become necessary, which it isn't right now).
Of course, the heart as a pump is a far cry from the romantic heart which is really only our synonym for emotion that comes from the heart of us.
But here's a quotation that I think nicely spans the two understandings of heart.
It's from Sylvia Plath, the well-known American poet, novelist, and short-story writer).
She says: "I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am."
We sort of take our hearts for granted until they give us trouble, either as pumps or in the form of romantic heartache.
I think it's really good to do what Sylvia Plath's quotation suggests. Just stop and listen once in a while to that life affirming rhythm and let it reassure you that you are very much still here and living, moment to moment.
Hope you all have a great Friday, wherever you are!
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Quotation for Sunday 14th June 2020