Daily Question, August 20 How can I honor my heart’s whisper before it becomes a shout? 43 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Malag5 months agoMalagWell, that’s a scary space. My heart’s usually shouting if my direction needs to lead me through a difficult path. The shouting counteracts the fear of change. To move on a whisper unnerves me…. If that’s what “honor” involves: it’s a word I don’t find useful. 1 Reply Antoinette5 months agoAntoinetteI can honor my hearts whisper by listening to it first starts! I have feeling about something and I have been ignoring it. Why ? Fear of exactly what today’s quote is about - Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. The future is unknown and maybe it’s time for me to trust the present moment and all the work I’ve put in since the divorce. I’m worth being tested well and with kindness. I’m worth being loved whole hearted...I can honor my hearts whisper by listening to it first starts! I have feeling about something and I have been ignoring it. Why ? Fear of exactly what today’s quote is about – Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. The future is unknown and maybe it’s time for me to trust the present moment and all the work I’ve put in since the divorce. I’m worth being tested well and with kindness. I’m worth being loved whole heartedly. It’s time to listen to what my needs are and stop looking to people who can’t love or are not ready to love. Why do I do this to myself? Maybe being alone isn’t so awful and the future has yet to reveal itself. I need to let go of old held beliefs of myself. It’s time to know that boundaries are necessary in order to find what we truly need. I’m lovable and I’m worth being loved. I don’t need to accept abuse anymore. Read More2 Reply KC5 months agoKCArleen, Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom from the world of work - listen, honour and act on the heart’s whisper before it becomes a shout. I have lived the story you name from start to finish, over many years. The consequences of not listening until the shout are enormous. Slowly down enough to hear and honour the whispers can be scary, challenging and complicated. So good to hear that you are there with and for your clients through their journeys. Perhaps you are a deeply valua...Arleen, Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom from the world of work – listen, honour and act on the heart’s whisper before it becomes a shout. I have lived the story you name from start to finish, over many years. The consequences of not listening until the shout are enormous. Slowly down enough to hear and honour the whispers can be scary, challenging and complicated. So good to hear that you are there with and for your clients through their journeys. Perhaps you are a deeply valuable career whisperer in their lives? ?????? Read More1 Reply Hot Sauce5 months agoHot SauceSince my heart’s whisper is that I want to be a part of making changes in the world, perhaps one way I can do this is by learning from and imitating people who have helped contribute to great changes in the world. Examples to learn from are Greta Thunberg, Wangari Maathai, Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, the Abrahamic religious prophets, Mahatma Gandhi, and others. 4 Reply Antoinette5 months agoAntoinetteYes ! Wonderful! Me too Hot sauce! 1 Reply Don Jones5 months agoDon JonesFaith and trust. 3 Reply Arleen5 months agoArleenI honor my heart's whisper by doing something about it before it gets out of control. I am a career coach and I can't tell you how many people come to be about a toxic work environment complaining about aches, pains, and stomach issues. My advice is to get out which they never take. They will go away for a while but come back eventually with the same complaints. And they go away without taking my advice again. This cycle will happen a few times until finally, something has really gone wrong...I honor my heart’s whisper by doing something about it before it gets out of control. I am a career coach and I can’t tell you how many people come to be about a toxic work environment complaining about aches, pains, and stomach issues. My advice is to get out which they never take. They will go away for a while but come back eventually with the same complaints. And they go away without taking my advice again. This cycle will happen a few times until finally, something has really gone wrong. One woman called me from her hospital bed to tell me she got out of her toxic job. Her heart was whispering to her but she felt she was stronger than the situation. However, her health shouted “enough, you are done here.” She found a new job and was happier than she had been in a long time. That’s what I think about this statement. Listen while it’s a whisper before the shout has consequences. Read More5 Reply Marcela5 months agoMarcelaThis has been a big question for me – perhaps a koan. More prayer, more meditation, solitude and time in nature get me a little closer. 3 Reply Present Moment5 months agoPresent MomentNot all whispers become shouts. I take the whisper as a message to remain open to change. Only when a call to action arises can i look at it, check my motives and join the divine direction. 6 Reply Debra5 months agoDebraMy once whisper is very audibly shouting to move to the community I love. My spiritual community is waiting to welcome my arrival as well as new friends yet to be met. 7 Reply beckydriscoll5 months agobeckydriscollSlow down, be still and just listen. 3 Reply Zenith5 months agoZenithI am not sure what this question means. My heart has told me things for a very long time. I am not in a position to act on the directives I hear though. So I don’t know what to do. Continue to be grateful for the day in front of me. 5 Reply Arleen5 months agoArleenIs there any way you can act on some or part of the directives? Maybe take things one step at a time? Hugs. 1 Reply Mica5 months agoMicaYes, Zenith – one of my adult children came to mind, but I need to be close to her in compassion, not in frequent interactions. Warm wishes, hugs – 2 Reply Katrina5 months agoKatrinaWhen I was in active ministry people used to ask me, "How do I know if something is God's will for my life, or if it's just something I want to do?" After much talk of prayer, scripture reading, listening to one's own heart, and being in conversation with other Christians, I would almost always walk away with the same question in my own mind. This question reminds me of that. I have tried so many ways to listen, to hear, to pay attention and to honor my heart's whispers, and still don't know tha...When I was in active ministry people used to ask me, “How do I know if something is God’s will for my life, or if it’s just something I want to do?” After much talk of prayer, scripture reading, listening to one’s own heart, and being in conversation with other Christians, I would almost always walk away with the same question in my own mind. This question reminds me of that. I have tried so many ways to listen, to hear, to pay attention and to honor my heart’s whispers, and still don’t know that I’ve ever come up with a way or the way. Very often my heart shouts. But what it shouts is for me to do things I think, “Well, is this just something I think I want to do? Or is this some heart/God inspired leading that I need to do?” And what if the thing, the course of action to which I’m being led is out of reach? Especially for these times? What then? Do I just keep telling my heart to wait? Read More6 Reply Arleen5 months agoArleenWhen I’m not sure, I advance slowly and if it is from God, things work out. If not, I know it isn’t. That doesn’t mean I stop, I still continue against God’s will and usually have a difficult time. When will I ever learn? 2 Reply Trish5 months agoTrishThere’s definitely mystery that accompanies the whisper…. 2 Reply sunnypatti5 months agosunnypattiBy continuing my meditation practice where I become silent and open my heart to what God and the Universe has for me. 5 Reply Michele5 months agoMicheleListening. 5 Reply Howie Geib5 months agoHowie GeibAfter a childhood filled with some trauma and emotional violence, for survival I developed a keen sense of denial, an ability to not see what was unfolding around me, supported by an active imagination that wove a world structured in fantasy and illusion. All premised on the very real sense that my own power as a child was limited to these actions. It has taken a long time to break this pattern and live in the here and now unfiltered and facing my realities as they are. It is still not my defaul...After a childhood filled with some trauma and emotional violence, for survival I developed a keen sense of denial, an ability to not see what was unfolding around me, supported by an active imagination that wove a world structured in fantasy and illusion. All premised on the very real sense that my own power as a child was limited to these actions. It has taken a long time to break this pattern and live in the here and now unfiltered and facing my realities as they are. It is still not my default. So I do two things simultaneously. First I practice walking my talk and being fiercely intolerant of anything close to dishonesty within myself. This is often inelegant and sometimes feels awkward as an internal dialog. But it is much more familiar to me now and so I know it is for the best. My inner critic (which is un-useful most of the time) is a shade away from my inner Yoda. Second I have a life that I can live with and accept. I do not need to pretend I am someone else somewhere else. My life fits like a piece of clothing. Again, this took some time and practice. With these two programs it is easier for me to be true to myself, follow my heart, be silent when needed and have a fair amount of peace even in chaos. Read More5 Reply Marcela5 months agoMarcelaSo true about that paper-thin line between inner critic /inner Yoda. It takes a lot of quiet to hear the real one! 2 Reply Trish5 months agoTrishGetting rid of extraneous “noise” is the key for me to hear the whispers. I could win a gold medal in inviting distractions into my life. Ridiculous, meaningless distractions that prevent me from hearing the whispers. When I allow myself the gift of my heart’s whispers my entire focus changes & my life is deeper and richer & filled with possibility. 8 Reply Arleen5 months agoArleenOur truth is in silence, but today’s society doesn’t like silence. Many years ago, I saw a billboard that said Silence is Weird. It was for a cell phone company. Imagine silence as weird. I need silence to hear my heart telling me what to do. There is way too much noise that is 24/7 these day. I need to unplug and refresh myself. 3 Reply Trish5 months agoTrishArleen, I tend to gravitate toward the “weird” so perhaps it’s true. My weird silence has changed my life.? 2 Reply Howie Geib5 months agoHowie GeibYes Trish! The deep relief sensed immediately upon entering any place of silence! Especially when it is accidental, and steeped in its embrace I see how much distraction I have left outside, like the cloud around Charles Schulz’s Pigpen. 2 Reply Trish5 months agoTrishOur spiritual teacher, Pigpen? 2 Reply Jess5 months agoJessBeing true to myself above all else. That’s one of the few times my heart shouts when I don’t listen to a whisper. You can tell when you’re going against your own nature and what’s good for you. At least it’s obvious to me. 3 Reply devy5 months agodevyMy early morning contemplations and meditation, my readings including Gratefulness.org. are my means to listening to what’s really important. That truth allows me to be more gentle with myself when I become aware that I am caught up in existing and doing instead of living and being. In that moment of awareness I flip my ‘heart switch’, bring myself back to the moment, slow down and reconnect with my inner wisdom. 4 Reply 333USA5 months ago333USALike Job, who looked for God and did not find him in the greatness of nature but in the slightest whisper of a gentle breeze,. When we take a moment to sit in silence with our heart’s whispers, we discover our true selves. 7 Reply Arleen5 months agoArleenI love how you expressed this!!! Thank you for sharing. 2 Reply Pollyanna Gladwell5 months agoPollyanna GladwellI’m really looking forward to reading all of today’s reflections to see if you wise and perceptive folks can shed some light on the meaning of this question! I have never (consciously at least) heard my heart whisper! Maybe my heart’s whisper is so quiet that I can’t hear it (drowned out by its shouting perhaps?) or I – gasp! –don’t have a heart? Nah, can’t be that! Maybe I use a different word! I do have intuitions…is that a heart whisper? Hopefully all will be ...I’m really looking forward to reading all of today’s reflections to see if you wise and perceptive folks can shed some light on the meaning of this question! I have never (consciously at least) heard my heart whisper! Maybe my heart’s whisper is so quiet that I can’t hear it (drowned out by its shouting perhaps?) or I – gasp! –don’t have a heart? Nah, can’t be that! Maybe I use a different word! I do have intuitions…is that a heart whisper? Hopefully all will be revealed by the end of the day! Tanxxxxx guys! Read More6 Reply Javier Visionquest5 months agoJavier VisionquestI do believe you’re onto something here, Pollyanna! 2 Reply eliza5 months agoelizaby letting go of fear and allowing the whisper to become music, then dance, then something beautiful in my life that helps me grow into the person i was made to be and to carry out my lifes work – one whisper at a time. 4 Reply KC5 months agoKCEliza, Wow – I am so impressed – that you are able to so deeply listen, hear and nurture the whispers into full life, in spite of fear. Also, that you have the stillness and patience to hear, be with and honour the whispers one at a time. Thank you! You have given me hope that such whole hearted listening, attending, nurturing and manifesting is possible! ???? 2 Reply eliza5 months agoelizaThank you for your comment – it has taken me a long time to overcome lack of confidence and fear but now i cherish each day, each challenge and each whisper. xx 0 Reply 1 2 Next » My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. DONATE https://gratefulness.org/content/uploads/2015/03/GX-Gold-Participant-L.png Community Engagement Guidelines Privacy Policy [email protected] Connect with us on Social Media: © 2000 - 2021, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb
