"What broke your heart so bad
That you had to close every door,
That you say you have a dark soul
And can't utter the word 'love' anymore?"
Sanhita Baruah
Mark Nepo shares that our hearts keep getting broken until they are permanently cracked open. This is a challenge we all experience, but may react to in various ways. We can allow scar tissue to prevent love from every entering, and we grow bitter and stunted. The middle response would be to construct a swinging door open only when we feel safe. We will still get hurt, and we will miss some important connections leaving life a little lack luster.
It is painful, indeed, to leave a heart wide open. Just the vulnerable feeling is enough to cause a person to recoil. If we, however, endure there is much to be learned and gained. Love comes in many shapes and sizes so we need to leave our minds open to creative interpretation.
The greatest of love enters an open heart with streaks of light shining on our inner spirit. This stream of light heals and highlights our sense of self. There comes a time to embrace our self ... mistakes, sorrows, and defeats ... which in return allows us full capacity to love others.
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