MacGyverRI Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 I found this and thought this would be the best forum to post it in. May You Always Be Blessed With A Beautiful 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 flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed, the young man had 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 mans 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 this old fellow say his heart is more beautiful, they thought? The young man looked at the old mans 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!" "There are even pieces missing!" "Yes" said the old man, "Your heart 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 in return ,they often 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, becaue 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, 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 Link to comment
bigredvick Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 it was beatiful til the ending. reminds me of the old man off of family guy. Link to comment
itsallgrand Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 lol. That old guy in family guy is hilarious. I do like this though, MacGyver. Thanks for sharing it. Reminds me of a country song I like "Tattoos and Scars" by Montgomery Gentry. It gets me crying. A life well lived is a beautiful thing. Link to comment
Entomon Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Thank you. I needed that to remind me that despite the many times my heart has been broken - each scar serves a purpose or a lesson I have learned. Link to comment
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