ON A DAY WHEN I WAS FEELING PARTICULARLY CYNICAL ABOUT LOVE AND ALL THAT THAT IMPLIES A FRIEND OF MINE HAPPENED TO GIVE ME A COPY OF AN OPEN AND LOVING HEART BY SUZANNE HIRABIYASHI. I CURLED UP ON MY SOFA AND EXPECTED TO BECOME EVEN MORE CYNICAL, YET CURIOUSLY I HAD ANOTHER REACTION. FROM PAGE ONE WHICH TALKED ABOUT ACCEPTANCE I FELT MY ASTTITUDE SOFTENING. AS I MOVED THROUGHT THE ALPHABET OF THE BOOK INCLUDING INTUITION, LETTING GO, VISUALIZATION AND SON ON I STARTED TO REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO OPEN MY HEART.