The Action of Loving Courage

Our heart is the place where the pumping of pleasure, joy and rejoicing resides.

Without too much hysteria, this is a fire that burns slowly and warms like a heartfelt embrace. When balanced, it gives a feeling of pleasure that comes from within and reaches every extremity and capillaries, right down to the very tip of our being.

The Vine and the Violet, with their loving leaf shapes, hint that they know the secrets of this place. One creeps low, laden with tiny lilac flowers, the other with tendrils, eager to climb high and fall in clusters from above. All of this is a joy to behold.

Nettle and yarrow remind us to nourish the blood and revive circulation. Chlorophyll nourishes the blood like few other foods do. Hemoglobin and chlorophyll are molecularly very similar, so why do plants so easily reach us and touch our hearts?

It's not easy to feel this impetuous fire that runs through us and at the same time be centered in Love. Human relationships are complex, emotions overwhelm us, but with the help of these teachers, everything becomes pleasurable. Even the pains of growing up.