can one protect & give at the same time?

one's heart
one's craft
one's soul.

can one protect and give at the same time?

can you?
how.
how do you keep your own well replenished.
how do you keep your heart protected.

Comments

[Natalie Sztern]

once a week i do pottery which is completely different from my daily work or homelife.
I come into contact with people who are not my friends and who I would never otherwise meet.

[Aran]

that's the eternal question and it applies to so many things in life. love, family, health, work... it will be a good thread to follow to see what others have to say about it.

[Melvis]

that's a good one!
it is tricky, but i have found (in my olde age...) that i can protect others around me very well, i'm not so good at protecting me sometimes...but when i replenish, i succeed.

an entire day spent reading one book after another on the front porch...a four hour hike in the quiet of the woods...hibernating and not answering the phone/emails/etc. for 48 hours.

i think women especially tend to want to give so much...
they forget to protect a little sliver for themselves.
keep that sliver.
and give all you have.
it's balance. like a scale.

just a thought.

love you!