A (very) short story of love …
Oct 10th, 2008 by spaceagesage
I receive in my email a “Story of the Day” from storypeople.com. This once recently came in my Inbox and touched my heart:
Open Heart
He told me one time he forgot himself & his heart opened up like a door with a loose latch & he tried for days to put it all back in proper order but finally he gave up & left it all jumbled up there in a pile & loved everything equally.
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Wouldn’t it be nice to “forget ourselves” to the point that our unhealed wounds, our scars, our emotional issues, our preconceived ideas, our limited thinking, our bad habits, our masked selves, and unforgiven moments fade away? Wouldn’t it be nice to be free of fear, doubt, or anger, and instead to love “everything equally”?
Tell me, is such a thing worth pursuing?
Photo credit: Tawheed Manzoor
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The first 3 or 4 months I was with the Lion, I carried with me unhealed wounds, scars, emotional issues, preconceived ideas, limited thinking, bad habits, masked selves, and unforgiven moments, from my previous relationship. Not in any great quantity, but still there, hidden until something he said or did triggered them. After 4 months, I realized the Lion is who he is. No hidden agendas or double meanings in his words or actions, and I let it all go. Yes, it is worth pursuing.
I think it’s a beautiful idea, but I’m not sure it’s possible. It’s a worthwhile goal, though.
Yes, it’s worth pursuing, and yes, it is possible. Maybe not all the time, but enough to know what I’m aiming for.
Lately I’ve been feeling like it doesn’t have to be pursued at all. It is already here and we just have to refocus to uncover it.
That sort of perfectionism would be impossible, but the attempted
journey to that goal would be interesting. And then there’s another
partial Brian Andreas (Story People.com) comment:
” What if we all got along & people loved each other & sang songs about peace? he said. Would that be a good world? & I said I didn’t know about that, but it would be a good summer camp …”