The Most Beautiful Heart

[rebelyell08_PREV (deleted)]

One day a young man was standing in th 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 flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed, it was truly 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 and 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 mans heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars, it had places where peices had been removed and other peices put in, but didnt fit quite right. And there were several jagged edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole peices were missing.

The people stared, "How can he say his heart is more beautiful?" they thought.

The young man looked at the state of the old mans heart and laughed," you must be joking?" he said, "compared your heart to mine? Mine is perfect and yours is a mess and full of scars and tears."

"yes," the old man said, " 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 peice and give it to them and in return they give me a peice of their own heart which fits into the empty place in mine, but because the peices aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because it reminds me of the love we shared. Sometimes I have given peices of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a peice of their own heart to me. These are the empty gouges--giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, and maybe one day these people return to fill the spaces that are waiting for them. -So now do you see what true beauty is?"

The young man stood silently with tears running down his face. He walked up to the old man, ripped a peice of his perfect young heart out and gave it to the old man. The old man took the offering, placing it in his heart..took out a piece of his own and placed it in the wound in the heart of the young man. 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 mans heart flowed into his own.


Author Unknown



(in a perfect world, yes? Could we really appreciate beauty in a truly perfect world.)

[zoupi]

`A perfect world is something unable to reach because we all have a different vision of what "should be" a perfect world.

But... as strange as it seems whe can "all" or each of us push another one to show its true human face. That's all we can do but when that happens... what happiness !

[rebelyell08_PREV (deleted)]

`how totally sweet Zoupi..with all the craziness sometimes here, I do hope I can leave something here of myself as a human. Not just an impersonal screen. I do my best but I am a work in progress, the clock is ticking on the time here as all things come to an end someday. It's just the way of it, just life I guess. But all I care about know where to find me.

**not being sentimental...just a fact..none of us will grow old here..life happens, ya know? and sometimes you just feel change before it happens.

I just have a clean up to do, kinda tired and feel theres nothing to say but dribble. This has just been lots of fun though for the most part. This Rebelyell just needs laid to rest. I cant wear it comfortably anymore.

[rosesandwine2_PREV (deleted)]

`enjoyed the story. i guess it's true. we should look at the persons heart and not just what is on the outside. no matter the color, shape, size. but who will actually do that anywhere. not just here but anywhere, cyber or real world.

[straighteyes (deleted)]

`Like a mind needs a dream every heart needs a home to express just how it feels....


Take care of yourself and grow in beauty, Ruby Rebell

straighteyes