... a little story to think about ...
One day a young man in the middle of town and explained 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.
It 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 appeared an old man in front of the crowd and said: "Why your heart is not nearly as nice as mine."
The crowd and the young man looked at the heart of the old man. It was beating strongly, but It was full of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and replaced by others. But they did not fit properly, and there were several jagged edges, more precisely .... in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing.
The people stared at him, 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. Each 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 are not exact, I have some rough edges that I cherish, because they remind me of the love that we shared.
Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, that I returned the other a piece of his heart. These are the empty gouges.
give love is to take a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, they remind me of the love I have for these people. ... and I hope that someday they may return and fill the space.
now you recognize what is true beauty? "
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. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart. He then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. It did not fit perfectly, as there were some jagged edges. The young
Man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever because he felt the love of the old man to flow in his heart.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
scars on the body mean that you have lived ....
mean scar on the soul, that you loved
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