Mother Theresa figured out how to keep her heart open to everyone. She is an iconic leader who was known for loving every single human no matter who they were.
Unless you are actively checking in then without ever realizing it, you will close your heart.
Its the way we’ve learned to protect ourselves from emotional pain.
It is passed down through generations.
When someone hurts your feelings, when they treat you poorly, when they disregard your effort, when they don’t see who you really are, when they ignore you… you will block them from your heart.
And no matter what, when you close your heart, you are hurting someone else.
There is no justification in the world that makes it ok to close your heart.
But we all do it, because we focus on ourselves first.
You might be surprised to find that everyone is doing the best they can and wanting to succeed.
I have yet to meet someone who wanted everyone in the world to think of them as a bad person.
Somehow, somewhere, we are all trying to impress someone.
If you focus on keeping your heart open and seeing their humanity the whole picture changes. But you have to pay attention, because without even realizing it, you will close your heart.
And when you do… you are hurting them. And when you hurt them, you are hurting yourself.