Caged heart7/24/2023 ![]() When you begin lying to yourself about who you are, when you repress your dreams and ignore what is important to you, when the mask becomes the person and the person forgets the person and becomes the mask, you become your own worst enemy. These are desperate attempts to take your pain away, but they never work because Truth cannot be denied and the flow of love cannot be blocked. Pain leads to anxiety, anger, and depression, which in turn lead to drinking, drug abuse, or violence. Excuses create pain because you are not using your mind to think how you can fulfill your will, but rather to make real the reasons why your love should be ignored and Truth rejected. Pain is unbearable because Truth is denied, and lies are made real in your mind. What your heart calls you to do, but you don’t, creates pain. You want to start your own business, but you don’t. You want to become a writer, but you don’t. Pain shows up every time you deny, ignore, or rationalize away the Truth: You want to work with children, but you don’t. You will be defeated, you will suffer, but you will not have regrets.Īll of us are familiar with the pain and suffering of having a dream and not knowing how to make it a reality. The only way to come back to life is to acknowledge and follow the voice arising from your heart, calling you to return to love, to return to Truth.Īn old proverb states that if you follow your heart in life, you will not have regrets. It never works because the emptiness is not around them. They keep hoping that by changing the external conditions of their lives-earn more money, be in better physical shape, have another partner, or travel more-it will change how they feel. Why do you think the waiting rooms of psychologists and psychiatrists are filled with successful people who realized after twenty or thirty years of work that money, a career, a house in the suburbs do not bring peace of mind and joy of heart? The way to find joy is to leave the cage, not to decorate it and make it prettier. The greater the gap between what love calls you to do and what you actually do, the deeper the depression you can fall into. Her heart is screaming from a golden cage, and she doesn’t listen. She feels even worse when she looks around her because she has no apparent reason to feel depressed: She earns a great paycheck, has a loving husband and a beautiful child, but she’s sinking into depression. She stays in her job without the true will to do so.Įveryone envies her. I am in my thirties, and I have a child – What will my parents say about me quitting my job after they supported me through college?Įven though she doesn’t want to, she then acts as she thinks she should.She feels love flowing through her.īut in an instant, her mind drags her in the opposite direction: Every time she thinks about her calling, her heart fills with joy. Her spirit is willing to start this new business. However, her dream is to open a restaurant. Mind against heart, and behavior against will-it will break you.įor an example, I have a friend who is project manager for a financial corporation. This is why Jesus said that the kingdom divided against itself will be destroyed, and the house divided against itself will fall (Mark 3:24–25). Anger, anxiety, and depression follow with certainty, as darkness follows the sunset. Whenever your behaviors conflict with your will, whenever you think and act against Truth, tension grows within yourself. You can choose one or the other-but you can’t have both. Your will flows through your heart, and pulls you toward what you truly value in life. A force that pulls you to follow your dreamsĪncient spiritual teachers spoke the truth when they said our task is not to find love, but merely to remove all blocks we have built against it.You’ll know it’s love when it brings the following: The only thing you need to do is remove the blocks in your mind and express yourself in love. If your body fails you, only imagine what can happen to your heart? Then, it is only a matter of time before your body fails you. You feel a mix a of emotions – anger if expressed outward, depression if expressed inward. The key is to know when you think and act opposite to Truth by blocking the flow of love that runs through you. When you block the flow, you cover or suppress the calling of God in your heart.” God needs you to pour his love in the world, and people need his love. He told me, “Love flows through you, just as water runs through the hose you’re holding. I took the hose and ran my fingers through the rushing water, while my grandpa told me this parable. Many years ago, my grandfather used to ask me to water the flowers. And, it starts by answering our heart’s calling. Everyone deserves to make their dreams a reality. ![]() ![]() In Pursuit of Dreams: Claim Your Power, Follow Your Heart, and Fulfill Your Destiny, I discuss taking ownership in setting your heart free.
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