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Sunday, 09 December 2007

  • The Perfect Heart (Parable)


    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. They embraced and walked away side by side.

    How sad it must be to go through life with a whole untouched heart.

Tuesday, 20 November 2007

  • Thursday, November 15, 2007

    Not Sure
    Current mood: contemplative

    Well I do not believe I will make a habit of writing in myspace since i have few friends, fewer viewers, and an affection for xanga

     

    The smiley shows where I am in my life right now

    for the most part I feel i am a happy and healthy individual leading a good life, and while i cannot dispute I have multpile luxuries that give me little cause to complain about my station in life, I find I am wanting

    My career ambition has been shattered and I have no idea what direction I am going to take in my life or where I will end up as far as a job, i can be content for the time being working at dave and busters but it cannot satisfy my goals in life--the establishment is crap but the people are awesome....

    My Friend relationship apparently has all but disappeared due to college separations, preoccupation with significant others, and lack of time.  I can remember a time when highschool was filled with halls of people i was friendly with and could easily go and hang out with.  Those days, and many of those aquaintences are gone.  I have a very few number of good close friends, and even those relationships feel less true than they once did.  I fear heights and darkness, but the most dreaded thing to me is loneliness, unfortunately i see it as quickly becoming a reality....

     

    My love life is virtually non-existent, and as much as i want to say i am just waiting to be more available, the truth is i've made some of the worst romantic decisions since graduating high school...sometimes its harder to actually know my true feelings, but even when i do know them i make bad decisions... from dating a high school girl my sophomore year of college and expecting her to be on the same relationship level as me, to falling for an old highschool friend that i never truely gave my heart to, did no fully appreciate, and let slip away only to realize the complete jerk i was to her and how great she was to me, all the while realizing that i may never find one like her again, and sacrificing that beautiful relationship for a mere whim that faded and left me without options....i dont even know how to date anymore or how to talk to girls, and as ready as i think i am for a family for marriage...i lack the ability to connect with girls---i have regressed to my early highschool/junior high days when i expected the girls to come to me

     

    This is a very interesting time in my life, i always joked that i would have a quarter life crisis...and it turns out that may be exactly what i am facing, but have no idea how to really tackle the issues at hand, and fear i have no where to really turn................................

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