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Daily Question, June 29

Who can I hold in my heart today?

  • TofuLove

    I guess everyone. Most people have issues in some form or another and you sort of have to, if you have insights into others, work around it and take the likely knocks that’ll come from them being in pain haha.

  • Mica

    My daughter, who sent me a relatively rare email this morning! Hugs to her [hugs are actually non-existent with her now, during the lockdown]

  • Antoinette

    I can hold everyone I meet and speak to With an open compassionate heart
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  • Malag

    I like the way these questions instil an intention in how we live the day. I am choosing someone now to especially focus in my heart.

    • Pollyanna Gladwell

      Thank you for your reflection Malag. I hadn’t thought of the questions as instilling intention, but your words brought me the realisation that they do. Blessings.

  • Pollyanna Gladwell
    Who can I hold in my heart today? I can hold in my heart the man I wrote about here several weeks ago who I was breaking up with after 4 ½ years. I just read what I had written then in the Daily Reflection - that I would let him go with love and hoped that we would continue to be friends. There have been more than a few tears of sadness from both of us over the break-up because I had fallen out of love with him as there was no possibility of a future together while, in the last few months he...

    Who can I hold in my heart today?
    I can hold in my heart the man I wrote about here several weeks ago who I was breaking up with after 4 ½ years. I just read what I had written then in the Daily Reflection – that I would let him go with love and hoped that we would continue to be friends. There have been more than a few tears of sadness from both of us over the break-up because I had fallen out of love with him as there was no possibility of a future together while, in the last few months he had fallen in love with me. But I can’t stay to make him happy. I am not responsible for his life and he understands that. We are still loving friends.

    In the same Daily Reflection I wrote – somewhat tongue in cheek – that “I will throw open the window and yell “Next!” and see how the Universe responds!”

    Today I can reflect that I must have a hot-line to the Universe (or rather I had the courage to defy my prejudices and joined a dating site!) as I have met a wonderful man who seems to be looking for what I am looking for – a committed relationship with someone to stay young and vital with. We met for some socially-distanced walks and I visited his home 3 times last weekend in another town which is close to where I was spending time with friends. He is delightful and whatever happens, I hold him in my heart today for the joy I have experienced in his company.

    There is still a vestige of scepticism in me that says these situations don’t happen so quickly and that may prove to be true, but at our time of life (66 and 71) we don’t have time to be dilly-dallying! I am going to him again this coming weekend and we’ll see what transpires!

    I also hold in my heart all of the wonderful people on this site whose Reflections have given me the inspiration and courage over the last few months to share some of my thoughts and life circumstances with. By nature I have always been somewhat reticent in sharing details of my personal life, but the acceptance I have found here has changed me forever. Thank you to all the staff and contributors at gratefulness.org for being in my life.

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  • Maeve

    Me and Maria. Conflict that feels scary and angry

    Frank, with his depression.
    My pregnant niece, Elsie, and her husband Jesse, and little Jazz

  • Hot Sauce

    Today, I hold my dad in my heart. We’ve had some conflicts recently, but we are also considering doing family counseling. Because he was willing to take the next step, I can be a light of love and forgiveness for him and even pray for his transformation from anger and fear to love, while also working on my own problems with anger and fear and learning to replace those feelings with love and compassion.

  • Don Jones

    To just be, melt and become part of the wind and earth; become part of everything, as creation intends.

  • Melissa

    My ancestors specifically my grandparents who managed to survive as immigrants through all the trails and struggles. Their courage and love though it all inspire me during this challenging time of Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Carol
    This Pandemic, this racial unrest, this politically-charged psychological fear that’s at war with our sanity can be overwhelming. How does one choose who or what to hold in one’s heart? Buddhist Sharon Salzberg says, “This looks like a world who can use some love.” As I watered my flower garden this morning and I discovered a slew of little bugs eating my California Giant Zinnia plants. I have nurtured them through drought and they are just starting to bud and bloom. My heart rate qu...

    This Pandemic, this racial unrest, this politically-charged psychological fear that’s at war with our sanity can be overwhelming. How does one choose who or what to hold in one’s heart? Buddhist Sharon Salzberg says, “This looks like a world who can use some love.”

    As I watered my flower garden this morning and I discovered a slew of little bugs eating my California Giant Zinnia plants. I have nurtured them through drought and they are just starting to bud and bloom. My heart rate quicken as I frantically tried to capture the bugs and kill them. I felt so violated. It never dawned on me to consider their point of view.

    My son has a big organic vegetable garden and he recently showed me a row or beautiful broccoli plants and said, “I’ll be bringing you some fresh broccoli in a couple of weeks. A few days ago he stopped by my house to help me with some things and said, “No broccoli, Mom. Some white butterflies wiped it out overnight.”

    I said, “Oh, Son, I’m so sorry.”

    He replied, “Oh, well, they really were beautiful butterflies.”

    If there is one thing that this Pandemic has taught me, it is this: We are all vulnerable. . The vulnerability is world-wide. It is a shared vulnerability and quite frankly, it has always been there. Winning and Losing is a fallacy.

    I’m reminded that I must ask myself daily: How am I meeting my current experience? How am I holding IT in my heart today? Do I truly realize that what I do matters? I’m reminded of that old hymn, “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.” I find that a fantasy. Free will puts the whole world in our hands.

    I will continue to try to protect my zinnias but I will remind myself that the bugs will continue to forage for their next meal. That’s life.

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    • Dear Carol, a large garden surrounds my condo and there is a lot of grass. during my lockdown I was able to sow and grow some vegetables in a small vegetable garden. But….a lot of snails ate my lettuce … and also the aubergine leaves …
      A friend told me yesterday:
      Anna it is a good sign if there are snails, we haven’t seen them in a long time. Something is improving, against the pollution.
      So Carol, hooray to bugs and snails!?

      • Carol

        Thanks, Anna. We really do need to understand the importance of seeing the big picture but I admit I’m struggling. I was really looking forward to seeing an array of large zinnias and their happy faces. Time will tell.

    • you’ve nurtured a kid who became a wise son – better than all broccoli, zinnias and butterflies together ?

      • Carol

        I learn from my son daily. He is my teacher. He always has colored outside the lines!

  • amacord

    My godson who struggles with health issues. As he grows from a child into a young adult he experiences the world with a number of challenges. I pray that he will be guided to find his way in this life and to find his own type of happiness and meaning. Blessings to all children and young adults as they move into the bigger world.

  • Zenith

    My kids. A daughter and a son.

  • Katrina

    My granddaughter and her mother who are isolated in a children’s hospital for a month in preparation for surgery at the end of July.

  • Cathie

    So many questions, I have, on how to “hold” someone/s in my heart -but I will try today to do so, by keeping an awareness of them.
    2 family members are hurting a bit as they trying and not being successful so far at having a child.

  • pkr
    I can hold my brother Kerry in my heart today and my mom, my daughter, myself, my husband. My brother had emergency brain surgery this past Saturday. This event came out of nowhere. I flew half way across the US to be here. There are so many unanswered questions, concerns etc. We really do not know what is next, waiting for results from the lab from a mass they removed. And because of Covid only 1 family member can visit, So frustrating. Nonetheless, We are all reeling and of course my beloved b...

    I can hold my brother Kerry in my heart today and my mom, my daughter, myself, my husband. My brother had emergency brain surgery this past Saturday. This event came out of nowhere. I flew half way across the US to be here. There are so many unanswered questions, concerns etc. We really do not know what is next, waiting for results from the lab from a mass they removed. And because of Covid only 1 family member can visit, So frustrating. Nonetheless, We are all reeling and of course my beloved brother is struggling. If anyone reads this please pray, send love and light. Thank you kindly. ❤️

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    • Michele

      Prayers and healing energy for your brother, Kerry, and to you and your family.

      • pkr

        Thank you for your prayers Michele. ❤️

    • Ose

      I pray for the full recovery of your dear brother, dear pkr. All healing energy may be with him, and of course may love and light be with him always, and with your family. Wishing for you and your loved ones and especially your brother to stay centered in this unexpected turmoil. Blessings to you and your whole family.

      • pkr

        Dear Ose, thank you for your prayers. I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Blessings to you too. ❤️

    • Cathie

      Thougts and prayers for your family!

      • pkr

        Thank you Cathie, your prayers are much appreciated. ❤️

  • Howie Geib
    I am doing some research for a story that is autobiographical in part, and came across an old photo of a boy we had at our summer house in 1964 when we were 6. We were best friends that summer and I never stayed in touch. I am determined to track him down (not in a stalker kind of way) as I suddenly feel more than curious. Almost like there is a meaning to find. He came into focus in answer this question as I definitely feel it is an urging of the heart as opposed to the will or mind. And is som...

    I am doing some research for a story that is autobiographical in part, and came across an old photo of a boy we had at our summer house in 1964 when we were 6. We were best friends that summer and I never stayed in touch. I am determined to track him down (not in a stalker kind of way) as I suddenly feel more than curious. Almost like there is a meaning to find. He came into focus in answer this question as I definitely feel it is an urging of the heart as opposed to the will or mind. And is somehow foreground..

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  • Javier Visionquest

    She is a young woman who was once the little girl who I held in my arms

  • EJP

    All.. as many as will fit!

  • Maria

    I am really trying to learn to hold myself. Until I learn to hold myself with love how can I hold others.

  • devy

    My spouse..myself….gratefulness for what I have.these are what I hold in my ❤️

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