From the heart of Grace M. Smith…
Have you ever noticed the eyes of some adults light up
when they see children or choose to be present
to the soft loving eyes of a dog.
It’s as if it has somehow touched a part of them.
In that moment, they aren’t thinking,
simply experiencing something beyond words, they begin to glow,
their own eyes becoming bright for a moment.
Perhaps they are stirring deep in their hearts,
perhaps they are allowing themselves to “BE” for a moment,
truly in experience, in heart and in life.
How often this week, every week, have we allowed ourselves to simply stop thinking and just “BE” here, now and present?
How would the week be different if we chose to explore being present to every person we talked “With” in a space of loving-kindness?
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