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Become Willing to Heal Your Heart
by Melody Beattie
[prose]
We don’t open our hearts by being a tower of strength.
We don’t open our hearts by glossing over things in our head. We
open our hearts by feeling what we feel. We open our hearts by being
vulnerable, honest, and gentle.
We’ve become so strong, so self-sufficient. I can
deal with that, we say. No big deal. I’ll keep moving on.
Yet many circumstances we’ve been through, and some
we’re going through now, cause break lines in our heart. Some of
the fractures are small. Some are big. They really hurt…
…It may be time to learn gentleness, compassion,
understanding, and forgiveness for ourselves…
We don’t open our hearts by ignoring the break lines.
We take our hand, knowing it’s held by God, and gently run our
fingers across each crack.
Yes, it’s there. Yes, I feel it.
Yes, I’m ready to heal my heart…