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OUR HEARTS NOT ONLY ENCOMPASS THE strongest and wisest aspects of our nature, but also the softest and most vulnerable ones as well. Because life can be difficult, our hearts may become encrusted with feelings of fear and disillusionment or stained by sorrow and self-deprecating beliefs. Even if our lives have been utterly smooth, without a single pebble upon our path, we may have at least gathered a little dust along the way.

Because Spirit moves more freely through a clear heart, we can best embody heart energy when we cleanse our hearts. Doing so will provide an unobstructed passage through which God's love can flow.

When you can find a few quiet moments— even if it is before falling asleep tonight or arising tomorrow morning—tenderly perform a heartcheck. With your eyes closed, place your hands over your heart and tell it that you love it. Sincerely thank your heart for its absolute faithfulness. Now see or sense the condition of your heart. Trust your wise intuition; whatever appears is probably the perfect symbol for you right now. Does it look clean? Does it feel clear? If not, ask what you can do right now to cleanse and heal your heart. Honor the answer, even if it seems strange.

The last time I meditated on this, my heart was a little sad and had a small bruise at the tip. It was appreciative of my caring and wanted to be bathed in warm sea water and then have a poultice of lotus leaves applied to the bruise.

In the theater of my mind, I went to a favorite Hawaiian beach where the surf is gentle and soothing. Effortlessly floating in the warm, tropical water, I imagined it flowing through me, gently caressing and buoying up my heart. As a lotus drifted toward me, I held its pink leaves to my chest and asked that they heal the bruised area and cleanse my heart.

I cleanse and clear my heart when it needs it.

I invite the Spirit to flow easily through my heart.