"If your heart is broken,
make art with the pieces."
Shane L. Koyczan
Mark Nepo shares that hearts are broken numerous times before they can remain open. This seems to have truth to it an it encompasses all life situations. It is not only love affairs that crack our hearts open, but actions of family, friends, career challenges or worldly posturing.
When we glance through history, we find differing artists completing a masterpiece after experiencing tragedy. Soldiers returning from war with disabilities face great challenges in recreating a life with meaning. A fulfilling focus can harness our pain into something positive or we can snap our heart closed as protection from the world.
The choice is ours ... do we use our pain to learn and prosper or do we cave in to our lesser selves allowing darkness to hold our heads down. Do we forever live with despair or do we slowly begin to open once again to life and prosperity of the heart.
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