Two Types of Heartbreak

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January 15, 2023 a project of ServiceSpace The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too - Vincent Van Gogh - Two Types of Heartbreak "A disciple asks the rebbe: Why does Torah tell us to place these words upon your hearts? Why does it not tell us to place these holy words in our hearts? The rebbe answers: It is because as we are, our hearts are closed, and we cannot place the holy words in our hearts. So we place them on top of our hearts. And there they stay until, one day, the heart breaks and the words fall in. The following passage by Parker Palmer on heartbreak, opens with this Hasidic tale... { read more } Be The Change How do you relate to the notion that to make our heart supple, we have to take it all in? Can you share a personal story of a time you were able to take in 'life's little death' without an anesthetic? What helps you take all of it in, good and bad? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Seven Lessons Learned from Leaves Thich Nhat Hanh: Ten Love Letters to the Earth Live a Life Worth Living Mary Oliver: I Happened to Be Standing Consciousness as the Ground of Being The Really Terrible Orchestra Death Doulas Provide End of Life Aid When the Earth Started to Sing DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 159,958 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More