When
you open a package, you are amazed that someone has given
you a gift. Your expectations of the gift itself are sometimes
a let down. You hope that the gift was chosen with a certain
love or thought to what you like or desired. So many times
we expect others to know us, to read our mind.
We
do the same things with our emotions, we wrap them into
packages that we intend to open when we are stronger,
more able to deal with the hurt. Too many times when we
do open the box, our expectations again take over, we
think the hurt will be less, more manageable or that we
will be able to fit things back in the box if we are not
happy with them.
What
is the solutions to all this? Lower your expectations?
Sometimes we can lower our expectations, but it would
be better to know that ANY gift you recieve is one that
is given to you with the hope you will enjoy it. When
you give a gift, is that not what is in your mind?
If
you give a gift from your heart it will not matter if
your giving anything practical, or desired, all that will
matter is the love in your heart. That love will bubble
up from the gift and give you and the other person the
feeling of love.
When
you have opened your emotional box, keep the love of others
and the knowledge that you are loved and worthy in your
heart, and you will be able to release the hurt, and let
it float away. There will be no need to wrap it back up,
or put it back in the box.
Give
the gift of your heart