52 Lists: Week 5

This winding road of discovering my voice through words and lists continues this week. I am about to venture into week 6, but before I do, let me recap what was revealed to me during week 5. Like a floodgate, these 5 words summed up the week in its entirety. I am like an ever-curious child--digging deep in the ground and discovering treasures found in the earth. I'm amazed and look forward to all that evolves...

Home. Receive. Ask. Center. Steady.

I recently celebrated my 2 year anniversary of being a "Nashvillian." And I must admit that with each passing year, my heart feels more and more at home. Home is a place where my heart and affections lie. It is defined as a dwelling where affections are centered. This week, my heart slammed into this realization--exploding my mind and heart with the truth that home wasn't just contained in 4 walls, but in the community of hearts that surround my life. Home is a place where my heart is free and content. This is what Nashville has become to me.

And my heart couldn't be more delighted as I continue to dive deep into receiving all that it has to offer. Like a child on her birthday, I have been unveiling the corners of what it means to receive. Like a star in the night sky that streams by, I am catching goodness and believing for it to come my way. There are so many wonderful daily gifts. There isn't a way for me to comprehend them all, but they are there just the same. So, my heart is opening up to receive all the love that it can contain. And I'm learning once again, that it's alright for me to ask for blessings over my life.

So--I've been searching and inquiring with an intense belief of each request being answered. My heart is like a fire that has been lit on a dark winter's night--bringing warmth and light and safety to all my surroundings. I haven't always been a scholar of asking things for myself, but I'm learning that the asking is the flint that delivers the spark of faith that creates the fire to receive the blessings. So asking is imperative. It is the key to beginnings. And this week has been one of continued beginnings in the center.

I have seen that it's in the center where the heart is. If I try to live from any place other than the center, then I'm missing the mark. There is a centered love that is much deeper than I can understand or wrap my mind around. It is the beat to my heart and keeps me steady.

This steadiness is found secure as I continue to search out the dreams that have been placed on my heart for 2014. My roots are going deep in love, faith, and relationships. As the roots go deeper into their foundation, I find myself at home and ready to receive through my asking. My heart is centered and steady and ready to capture all that life holds.

May you be captured by life this week!

Until Week 6...

Hellen