Best Life

 There is a lot of talk and thought these days about living one’s best life.  It is a fad concept.  The following is a meaning that it has for me.  Part of being human is sometimes experiencing a weakness or failure of our heart’s capacity to measure up to our own vision of our goodness and ability to love.  We have a belief about who we want to be and who we believe ourselves to be, but then the reality of our experience is another story.  I believe that doing our best to work toward being who we ideally want to be and believe ourselves to be is a very significant part of living our own best lives.  The ability to love and to extend kindness and understanding to others is a benefit to ourselves as much as it to others.  The inability to love is not only a detriment to others but also a detriment to our own hearts.  Practicing kindness, even when it takes conscious thought and effort, is the first step to growing the love and empathy in our hearts.  Lack of love hurts us not only when it is not received but also when it is not given.

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