I just ran across this lovely article on how to heal your heart, and it struck me as a great “first thing meditation” for the morning.  The article is worth reading, but the take-away “do this now” instruction is startlingly simple and profound.  Here it is:

Follow your breath to your heart and dwell there.

Can you?  What do you see, hear, smell, feel, and taste in that place?  Are you surprised by what you find?

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