The more
hurt and pain you have gone thru in life, the stronger and more
beautiful your heart will be.....
hurt and pain you have gone thru in life, the stronger and more
beautiful your heart will be.....
One day a
young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the
most beautiful heart in the whole valley.
young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the
most beautiful heart in the whole valley.
A large
crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not
a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful
heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly
about his beautiful heart.
crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not
a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful
heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly
about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly,
an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said, "Why your heart is
not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young man looked at
the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars, it had places
where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit
quite right and there were several jagged edges. In fact, in some places there
were deep gouges where whole pieces missing.
an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said, "Why your heart is
not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young man looked at
the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars, it had places
where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit
quite right and there were several jagged edges. In fact, in some places there
were deep gouges where whole pieces missing.
The
people stared. How can he say his heart is more beautiful?? they thought. The
young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed.
"You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine,
mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."
people stared. How can he say his heart is more beautiful?? they thought. The
young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed.
"You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine,
mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."
"Yes,"
said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with
you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love - I
tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a
piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart, but because
the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they
remind me of the love we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart
away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These
are the empty gouges - giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are
painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people too,
and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting. So now do
you see what true beauty is?"
said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with
you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love - I
tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a
piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart, but because
the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they
remind me of the love we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart
away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These
are the empty gouges - giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are
painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people too,
and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting. So now do
you see what true beauty is?"
The young
man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old
man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart, and ripped a piece
out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands.
man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old
man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart, and ripped a piece
out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands.
The old
man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his
old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. It fit,
but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his
old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. It fit,
but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young
man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever,
since love from the old man's heart flowed into his.
man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever,
since love from the old man's heart flowed into his.
They
embraced and walked away side by side.
embraced and walked away side by side.
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