A brokenheart is like...

[sufisaint]

living behind a cold glass wall, people and things pass you by...but you never can touch them..they cannot touch you...nothing can penetrate this silent sadness you carry iside you...you not dead...the pain tells you that..but your not alive either...

 

[erosman]

Wrong approach, St. You gotta dance and smile, and make them think you got something that they wished they had. Then! they'll stop and touch you.

 

[Kitte]

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 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. 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.

- Author Unknown

 

[crysede]

ice that freezes those it touches to depths of their souls, and leaves them thinking they will never find warmth again.

 

[intrigued]

Kitte, thats one of the most beautiful things I've ever read. Thank you so much.

sufi...I don't know what to say anymore, but I sure am thinking of you.

 

[sufisaint]

If you want to leave the sadness behind, you must first must enter into it fully...The mind can avoid feelings, deny them, ignore them or pretend them, but the heart only responds to truth. This brokenheart has been my companion, holding me back, preparing my heart for love with a pain that purifies...each moment will resonate with joy when it finally happens to me by grace because the sorrow is already there for a beautiful contrast...When I pass through the other side...she will be there...in this I hope...

 

[dragonhearted]

Sufi........

I hate it that you are in pain and lonely......but I think I understand what you are saying. One cannot fully appreciate the joy of love and loving if they do not fully experience the pain.

probably re-stating the obvious...or mixing it up....but that is how it sounded to me.

 

[littlekateyes]

Sufisaint honey I am sorry you are in pain. It does get better in time sweetie. I know you are going through at lot at the moment, but remember I am here anytime you need to talk, rant, yell, or cry.


Kat

 

[patient1]

A broken heart is like ....

A broken well. Everything drains away until the emptiness becomes a treacherous pit, until the hollowness echoes with loneliness, until the muddy residue becomes dust...

Or it corrects & renews itself to nourish life & make it flourish

 

[A Desert Rose]

Re: A brokenheart is...

something you need to put away fast.

Do not suffer with it. Pick up the peices of it and keep walking away. Do not give anyone the pleasure of knowing you have one.

 

[someplace]

I've had this prayer on my heart & mind for you for several days and haven't been able to get here to give it to you. Do with it what you will, but I thought of it when I thought of you and perhaps someone else can find encouragement in it also...

Meeting the Challenge

May you never fear failure in this journey.
Push into that fear and go through it.
Let it stimulate you to better methods
as you find new ways to solve old problems.
May you never allow the potential risk
to keep you from trying a good thing.
For this work will challenge you in every way.
It was meant to be that way.
And you were meant to do it.

thinking of you

 

[bad kitty]

Bless your heart hon. It does get easier. You need this to heal and rebuild yourself, even though it is no fun. One day yo will wake up and the wall will be a little lower and a little thinner and eventually it will almost disappear. Stay strong sugah, and you know where I am.

 

[Byron In Exile]