Journey of the Heart

Sometimes, you feel you have lost your way in the dark...  That life only comes from behind only to break you. Even in our worse shattering, the beauty of our strength shines through. Love always finds us, brings healing to our aching heart, setting us free. Photography by Manadah If You Feel That Life... if you feel, that life- has come from behind, taken you- only to break you, that you feel- so far away, that you’ve lost- the steps to, your path- that you feel so lost, in your dark- without your tender glow, oh dear one, please know… it is there. you are beauty, pass your shattering- you are strength, come take what is yours- far from the scars, that haunts you- within you, love is always near. your soul that shines, rises brightly- beyond any darkness- that comes to steal, your light- in the stillness, of your night- love will find you, and heal you- reveal to you, your glimmer- to be your st...

  “The heart breaks and breaks and lives by breaking.”  Stanley Kunitz, “Testing Tree” When I first read this line, it was like a simultaneous punch in the gut and discovery of wings. Stanley Kunitz hinted at something I knew was possible, but didn’t have any real experience with—the ability to be hurt and stay open at the same time. Many years later, I see the invitation frequently. For instance, just this week I was walking with someone I love who said something to me that hurt very much. I felt the impulse to close up, shut him out, push him away. I felt the urge to blame, to point my finger, to change him. Yet in noticing the impulses rise, I also saw the invitation to let them go. I was able to speak to him and listen to him, then, from a place that was both hurt and open. It was incredible. In fact even now writing about it I am nearly giddy with the freedom that comes from the blessings of letting the heart break and not trying to fix it right away, an...