In the second part of the A to Z of Becoming, P stands for the verb “please”.
What I’m thinking is that it might be a good idea to explore “pleasing” this week. What do I mean by “pleasing”? Well, whatever pleases your heart.
I reckon there are two kinds of pleasing worth exploring – do something which pleases YOU – there is far too little self-compassion in this world. It’s not that we should all go about “just pleasing ourselves” and ignoring the rest of the world, nor, necessarily that we should be purely hedonistic and seeks lives of unending pleasure (fantasies, all those ideas!). Which is why I suggest that you ask your heart about your pleasing.
Maybe this week you could plan to something which would please you. Then do it. Then reflect on it later. How did it feel? What was it about what you did which pleased you?
Then, to keep a healthy balance, also think what you could do to please somebody else. Think of someone…..a relative, a friend, a neighbour, a workmate…..what could you this week which would please them? (Maybe you should ask them!) Then do it. Then reflect on it later? How did it feel? What was it about what you did which pleased them? And how did that please you?
With the verb to please, I’m thinking about how we increase the compassion in our lives – the self-compassion AND the compassion we show to others. One touchstone for that is “what pleases my heart?”
Heroes Not Zombies 
Your blogs please my heart ..thank you…..this one is so timely as I’ve been telling a friend ( whose beautiful dancing style pleases my heart ) .about the magnificent trees in Perthshire…( the Birnam Oak is part of my FB profile page ) ..and only this morning been discussing how everything is connected . ( and this pleases my heart ) …
This afternoon , in Aberdeen , folks will gather to enjoy world music and poetry as we work for peace and justice . Friends will meet and new friendships forged…( heart polishing )
I have only just discovered the wonderful Sister Chan Khong..she and Thich Nhat Hanh encouraged the Buddhist hug …( more nourishing of the heart )
..she writes …
” If we worry about the big picture, we are powerless. So my secret is to start right away doing whatever little work we can do . I try to give joy to one person in the morning, and remove the suffering of one person in the afternoon …that is the secret. Start right now ” .
..thank you for the positive and joyous posts….and , again, I would love to share this post…<3