July 14, 2011
How much Heart?
We've all heard that notion that humans use only 10% of our brain.
We’re told that the human mind is so vast and complex that if we only increased our brain power by a smidge, we could all be supergeniuses.
There are pills, videos, books and apps that all claim to help us increase our intelligence. In fact, a quick inventory of my ipod and my droid reveals 13 apps between the two devices focused on increasing mental acuity.
13? Really? Gosh I should be smart enough to create my own app by now…
I found myself wondering, what percent of my heart do I use?
Am I using it to its fullest capacity or am I only using a tiny percentage? If I increase my heart usage just a smidge, could I change the world? If my ability to love grew, what could I do with it?
What if, instead of trying so hard to use a bigger percentage of our brains, we focused on using a bigger percentage of our hearts? What would the world be like if we all increased just by 1, 2, or 5%?
Then could we change the world?
How many apps do I have focused on increasing my capacity to love others? Another quick check of the ipod and the droid… One app on each.
Just one. The Bible.
bubbasaur said,
February 1, 2012 at 10:53 pm
This one is fantastic!!!! In a world that has become so self-consumed, this is refreshing! I believe we can change the world…but we have to start in our own corner, with one smile at a time, one conversation listened to at a time and lending a hand when we can…..if everyone thought like this, the world would such a better place….and people wouldn’t be so unhappy and confused….