The "heart" is the most intimate and authentic core, the person uniform center; It is what makes sense of everything that lives, a place of desires and vital choices that guide existence; It is the place of sincerity, where it cannot be deceived or concealed. Usually it indicates real intentions, what you think, you believe and really want.
This idea invites us to question us: what is the reality that most cares about me? Where do I put my hope, my energies, my life, my heart? The answer can take on various nuances: love, gift, relationship with others, but also economic status fame, success, power or your sureness.
True freedom starts first of all from the heart. The exclusively material assets, as they accumulate, so they can frustrate for the alternate events of life. The detachment from them can help to live with more transparent commitment to work and daily commitment in society, overcoming the anxiety, restlessness and fear of tomorrow.
"Today - says Pope Francis - everything is bought and paid, and it seems that the very sense of dignity depends on things that are obtained with the power of money. We are just pushed to accumulate, consume and distract us, imprisoned by a degrading system that does not allow us to look beyond our immediate needs "
Experience tells us that it is necessary to get back continuously in real life, which is the best "investment" for which to commit. Not thinking of us, but of others, thus experimenting with a true freedom.
The philosopher and humanist Erich Fromm reminds us, when he says that "Giving is the highest expression of power. In the very act of giving, pushing my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of greater vitality and power fills me with joy ».[1]
Let's ask ourselves in front of every action: what is the reason that pushes me to act like this? And if we see that it is necessary to reorient the intention, let's do it decisively. We will see that our heart frees itself from ties and conditioning.
[1] Erich Fromm The Art of Loving (1956).