I used to think deep down everyone wanted to be a good person.
I still believe the essence of everyone’s true self is pure and good, I have just come to realize that there are some people who have shut their hearts down for all future business.
I’ve learned that to the extent your heart is closed you are able inflict harm upon others.
When I first started opening my heart I allowed other people’s energetic daggers in. I remember one of my intuitive friends warning me that I was leaving myself open to be harmed.
When I first tried vulnerability I was doing the same thing, leaving myself vulnerable to the hurt other people brought to the table.
Somehow I got it turned around.
Opening my heart means to feel what is in it, love others, and be generous and kind. It has lead to a life rich with connection. It’s easy and hard all at the same time.
What it doesn’t mean is to live on someone else’s mountain and take on their hurts, allow them to tell me who I am, and let their pain become my pain.
My heart is still open, but the daggers don’t enter anymore.