WORTH READING 9 Feb 2005
The Most Beautiful Heart
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.
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.
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 were 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."
"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 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. 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.
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.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
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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.
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.
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 were 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."
"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 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. 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.
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.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
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ludicrous and trivial, witty and wacky, spontaneous and sportive.
Wishing you a laugh riot.
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