Keep your glow

Encouragement can come from unexpected places. I was at the gas station the other day filling up my car tank and there was no receipt paper at the stall. I’d paid for a carwash and needed the code, so I went inside to get it.

The worker called something I couldn’t decipher from the back where I couldn’t see him. I waited at the counter. As he approached he asked how I was. I told him well and asked him how he was.

“Another day,” he replied, out of habit or fatigue I don’t know. I asked for a receipt and thanked him once he gave it to me.

“Keep your glow!” he said as I walked out. 

This was surprising. In the 20 seconds of our interaction, he turned from seeming exhausted to sharing uplifting words.

I was reminded that our heart’s electromagnetic field expands feet beyond our physical body. Many times when I’m on walks or go into public places, I set the intention, I’m a beacon of love and healing for all beings. I visualize unconditional love radiating from me out into the spaces I move through. Hearing the man at the gas station tell me to keep my glow felt like encouragement from an angel.

This story is not about me, per se. It’s an example of how each of us has the capability to positively affect the spaces we’re in. When we consciously choose love over fear and live from the inside out, we can spread hope.

This interaction encouraged me to keep paying attention to the community and unity that love fosters. Every day, I choose to feed love. It’s the power that cuts through fear and division. 

How can we pay more attention to the grassroots efforts by people to make the world a more compassionate place? Our attention is energy that feeds. What do you choose to feed each day? Each hour? Each moment?