Touching Souls
One
of the characteristics
of
most humans is that they
ordinarily
are quite reserved
of
themselves when they meet new people.
They
put on their best public
face
and put their best foot forward.
Only
rarely do they place their heart
on
their sleeves and tell what is
in
their soul and really on their mind,
speaking
little of their real worries
hopes
and dreams.
When
two people are alone together
and
tell each other what is really
on
their minds and in their hearts,
their
souls gently touch.
What
is divine in each of them
gives
the other a sacred
piece
of themselves
and
an unbreakable connection
between
them is forged.
Ordinarily,
people only share
of
themselves in this way
a
few times in their lifetime,
with
their very best, very closest friends
and
with whom they fall in love.
Try,
my friend, for one month wearing
your
heart and soul on your sleeves.
Show
who you really are to the next
three
people you meet.
You
will find giving of yourself
in
this way is an extremely powerful
emotional
experience
and
after you've done it a few times
it
becomes addicting
in
the best possible sense of the word.
When
two people touch souls, they are compelled
to
empathize deeply with each other
and
look upon each other forever after
as
one of their closest confidants.
If
everyone shared of themselves in this manner
with
just three new acquaintances each year
and
then looked upon as friends,
the
friends of their new-found confidants
soon
everyone in the world would find
they
could not bring themselves
to
harm one another because
of
the new-found compassion
between
everyone.
Dewey
Dirks
