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The Perfect 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 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.
Posted By a friend.
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