caused you trouble in the past. Find a quiet spot and take a few
minutes to calm your mind and settle into a feeling of being
connected to your inner spirit. Now bring the difficult person into
your thoughts and imagine this person as a small child, somewhere
between three and six years of age. Look deeply into his or her
eyes and see the hurt and pain residing there. All this child wants
is your love and compassion. That's really all he or she has ever
wanted. Reach out your arms and take him or her into your arms and
let this little child know how much your love it, how very much you
care. Comfort this child and let him or her know you will always be
here. Do this until you begin to feel the child's longings
subsiding, and you sense that his or her little body is being
filled with peace and love.
Now wrap this mental image in love, place it in your heart and then
imagine your heart filling with shimmering light that grows and
expands until it touches every corner of the universe. Feel the
warmth this love light brings to your heart center, and become
aware of new sensation of softness and gentleness enveloping you.
This child is now safely cradled in the center of all the love you
have within you. Now feel this love flowing from your heart to the
heart of the individual as he or she is today. Either aloud or to
yourself, say simply, "May you be blessed," and sense that on some
level this person hears your blessing and is instantly comforted by
it.*
Take a deep breath, release the image and step back into the
current moment. Your blessing has been sent forth.
Today's affirmation:
"There is so much love in my heart that I can heal the world."
Today's quote:
"Some experiences are easy to let go and some we have to chip away
at, until suddenly one day they let go and dissolve."
-- Louise Hay
* Today's exercise, affirmation are all taken or adapted from Louise
Hay's book, "You Can Heal Your Life."
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