...Heart to Heart...

Oh my little, stingy heart,

BEAT.

Never lose hope and always love without measure.

Beat properly.

The truth is no less true for the one who won’t look it in the eye.

Beat thoughtfully.

Remember the love you had at first.

Beat sincerely.

Your dignity cannot be shorn from you, no matter what you have done to it.

Beat joyfully.

Oh, the blessings you have been given! What beauty surrounds you.

Beat sorrowfully.

For you fail often--I am utterly sure of this--to dignify and love others.

Beat tenderly.

Never belittle anyone’s suffering, not even in the form a scraped knee or a pop quiz.

Beat compassionately.

Only make them feel that they are loved, and suffer with.

Beat courageously.

No one out to be fearless, but only to stand up against fear for the sake of what is good, right, beautiful, beloved, and true.

Beat prudently.

For “prudence is the virtue which disposes reason to discern, in every circumstance, our true good and the right means of achieving it.”

Beat quietly.

You know yourself only in the silence, where the deceitful din cannot reach you.

Beat chastely.

“A home is not warmed by the fire of pleasure which burns quickly like a pile of withered grass. Passing encounters are only a caricature of love...”

“Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.”

Beat passionately.

“The things we love tell us what we are...”

Beat convicted.

Stand steadfast, reason well, speak and act with integrity.

Beat obediently.

Take only the authority which is yours and give to others that which is theirs.

Beat forgivingly.

Bear wrongs patiently, and do not withhold forgiveness.

Beat gratefully.

Remember to give thanks for every pain endured, every grief touched, every tear cried, and every drop of blood shed.

Beat firmly.

Make no excuses and do not turn a blind eye to the right and true for the sake of tact.

Beat humbly.

It is not for you to fix every problem or to hold the pain and sorrows of the whole world on your shoulders alone.

Beat zealously.

Do the very best that you can with the time that you have for the sake of love.

BEAT.

Beat well, my little heart.

-HopeMarie