The Most Beautiful Heart

[J.J]

The Most 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 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.




with my best regards to you all ....

[زهرة وفى]

thanks for the topic

darling

J.J

the words are really wonderful and meaningful

[J.J]

Zaharat wafa

honey thank you for your sweet presence in my topic ...

keep around ....

thanks again ....

[Aseel]

What a beautiful, meaningful, amazing story

My tears were almost falling when I was reading the old man's words

Though our hearts are the size of our fist, they could give an endless
love, tolerate pain, be broken and tear apart , yet still beating

To my lovely rose here, J.J

Thanks a million, sweetheart for sahring this thread with us


May Allah protect you, sweetie

[CHARLES DICKENS]

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

God !!! ....symbolical & impressive piece of writing
Don't you think love is all about sacrifice and loyalty
??
I loved it J.J ....I really did..
actually I love LOVE as it's supossed to be

All hail Love
M.Dickens

[J.J]

Aseel sweety ...

when ever I post a thread ... I wait for your reply coz

it means alot 2 me that you passed from here ....

thank you sweety for your lovely words ...

here is a gift from me to you ...



see ya

[J.J]

Miss Dickens ,

I definitly agree with you that Love is all about sacrifice and loyality,,,

other wise it won't differ from any othre raltion....

so happy to have here dear ..

thanks alot for passing by ..

see ya

[Try To Reach]

i'll take with me home and read it

will come again

thanx JJ

[الغاليه]

very touching

also painful in a good way

thanx a lot J.J

[Try To Reach]

JJ
I can see what the old man meant
And I agree almost with all what he said about the most beautiful heart
But I also do agree with young man to some extent
Its totally correct to give people love
But I'm against the idea that made you give your whole heart to them
What can you do with a broken sad heart or a heart that tore apart into pieces if so
What you can do for your new bride
Your life might touched with some strictness or at least some traces
And of course it will be never so sweet as the first love you were with
JJ
This story is so So so touchy to read
It made me think more about the nearly past
Anyhow RoSeMaRy
You are just SmArT as you always was

[enigma]

J.J

I was sure I'll end up with a great philosopy when I started reading your topic


No doubt that the old man had a beautiful heart

A loving,caring and forgiving one

But we can't say that the young man's heart wasn't beautiful too

It was unexperienced yet pure and clean

I think I'll be asking for the impossible if I wish to have all the wisdom and experiences of life and keep our hearts not cracked or hurt



Thanks dear for giving us a chance to never regret giving a part of our hearts to others