Growing Pains of the Heart

Heartache and heart break.  Most of us view these as negatives.  The trick is, of course, to see the positive side.
A quote from Rita Mae Brown helped me to see the positive side of feeling sorrow, anger, grief, and heart break.  She stated that, “Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn’t breaking. It hurts because it’s getting larger.  The larger it gets the more love it holds.”

Instead of feeling as though your heart is breaking, think of it as growing, stretching, and becoming more loving.  When you are filled to the brink with sadness, at your lowest low, think of your highest high and of your heart bursting with joy.  If you can feel immense sadness, then you can also feel the opposite; immense happiness.  And you will reach that point of joy again, one step at a time.

The first step to attaining that state of blissfulness is to let your aching heart love. Read more