Credit: Nathan Smith (Univ. of Colorado), et al., SSC, JPL, Caltech, NASA


Heart is a word that refers to many different levels of our being. Essentially,it is the love aspect of soul, capable of making direct, intuitive contact. Soul love is not emotional; it is highly impersonal and intelligent, capable of grasping the essence of someone or something without any projection on our part. Appreciation significantly turns on the heart. Appreciation is not an emotion that arises spontaneously, but a soul quality we can choose. The more often we choose to be appreciative, the easier this choice becomes and the more frequently our heart opens to give and receive love. “If you open your heart, love opens your mind.” -- Charles John Quarto

Heavy thoughts bring on physical maladies;
when the soul is oppressed, so is the body. -- Martin Luther

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. -- Mother Teresa

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson