Showing posts with label Mary Osborne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary Osborne. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Tell Your Heart to Listen


Tell your heart to listen . . .
To the questions that haven’t been asked
To the fears not expressed
To the need not yet known

Tell your heart to listen . . .
To the voice inside yourself.
The voice that says, “Pick up the phone”
“Write a note”
“Send a gift”

Ask yourself the question
How can I help?
Who can I call?
What might make a difference?

Tell your heart to listen . . .
To your own heart’s desire
For a cup of tea
A fire in the fireplace
A talk with someone you love.


--Mary Osborne

[Photo from Alderbrook Resort on Hood Canal, WA]



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