#open-heartedness

Reverb, Day 10: Generosity

Look back at the last year and consider: how did generosity open your heart? How can you cultivate generosity in the coming year?

I think that I have a generous nature – and, certainly, when I give to, or share with, loved ones, it is never in the expectation of receiving anything in return.

Generosity is, in many ways, a trust contract – albeit unspoken – and can open the heart in unexpected…

#August Moon 14, Day 12: With Thanks…

How do you surprise and delight other people? (Because you know the truth is that you do.)

The above prompt for today made me cry and feel incredibly desolate and afraid.

Why?

Because my mother regularly told me that my generosity was a sign that I was trying to buy love – and there is, I think, a little girl part of me which still believes this.

So, for much of my life, I have doubted my own…