Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Oct/Nov 2014 - Featuring Louise Hay | Page 83

THE GIFT OF CARING
AND COMPASSION

THE GIFT OF SERVICE
We all yearn to feel cared for, yet many
of us withhold caring and compassion for
others. A profound gift we can give to our
loved ones is to listen with our heart, to
understand and accept rather than to judge,
and to stay open to learning rather than to
protect against being hurt.
Think about the last time someone actually
listened to you and gave you understanding
and acceptance. The feeling of being
understood and accepted with caring and
compassion is one of the best feelings in
the world. Instead of focusing on getting
this from others, why not focus on giving it
to others? You might be surprised at how
wonderful you feel in giving this gift to your
family.

THE GIFT OF COURAGE
One of the best gifts we can give our loved
ones is our own courage. This means having
the courage to stand in our truth, to be honest
about what we want and don’t want, what we

We are on this planet to learn to love
ourselves and each other, and to help each
other. One of the best gifts we can give our
family is to role model this by doing service.
Helping others fills the heart and soul in
ways that nothing else can. If children do not
see their parents doing service and helping
others, they may never learn the great joy
and fulfillment that comes from giving. One
of the best gifts we can give to our family is
to provide ways of doing service.

THE GIFT OF CREATIVITY
All of us are born
with
various
ways
of
expressing
our
creativity. Expressing
creativity is a profound
way of connecting with Spirit, since
expressed creativity is a direct expression
of Spirit. Providing your family with many
ways of expressing their creativity is a
great gift. Creativity can be expressed in
so many ways – cooking, crafts, building
things, music, art, movement, telling stories,

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will do and won’t do, what is and what is not
acceptable to us. It means having the courage
to take good care of ourselves, even if others
don’t like it. It means not succumbing to our
controlling behaviors that come from fear:
anger, withdrawal, compliance, resistance, but
instead being honest and above-board about
ourselves. It means being willing to face conflict
rather than give ourselves up to avoid it.
When we have the courage to face conflict
and tell the truth, we not only provide our
family with a role model for courage, but we
provide opportunities for our loved ones to
step up to the plate in the face of our truth
and learn to be courageous too.