The Perfect 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. They embraced and walked away side by side.
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| Damn nice story .. but really horrifying imagining the scenes .. damn  Well Old man and guy huh .. not bad   Sleep my child Under the fog there are shadows moving Don't be afraid, hold my hand Into the dark, there are eyelids closing Buried alive in the shifting sands | |||||||||||||||||||
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| hahahahaha Tube Light. But i have a Question in my mind. A Kid has no scar at his/her Heart. but we do say that, a Child is an Angel bla bla bla. Lots of things. And a Kid at his/her youngest time is the cutest and most beautiful time of his/her life. So isnt this two thing is conflicting ? And I hardly doubt that a Gurl who thinks, Love is skin deep will fall in Love with the Old Man instead of the Young Man "The Best part of Having a Cancer is you can smoke as much as you want" - A Cancer Paitent | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Reev shudu shudu jinishta ke complicated korchis Some friends forget, Some move away Some keep silent, Some just change But I知 not 1 of them, I知 here just 4 two moments now & 4ever... | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Im not making is Complicated. Im just trying to prove it Wrong  A Old man have a Better Heart Than Me. CANT TOLERATE THIS "The Best part of Having a Cancer is you can smoke as much as you want" - A Cancer Paitent | |||||||||||||||||||
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Some friends forget, Some move away Some keep silent, Some just change But I知 not 1 of them, I知 here just 4 two moments now & 4ever... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Its a beautiful story!! i liked it!! No one shud take this story as a joke!! like someone here!...anyways, thanks for sharing Mina apu!   Pяιη｢єѕѕ Pяσνα    | |||||||||||||||||
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| Oh No. Im not taking it as a Joke. Im just trying to prove the Other side of this "Story". It says, the older The Heart is, The beautiful it is (Older with tearing and all ). But thats not really It. Just Think Simply, A Kids Heart is Fresher/Better or a Old Man ? U would get my Point mina. "The Best part of Having a Cancer is you can smoke as much as you want" - A Cancer Paitent | |||||||||||||||||||
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| I got your point Reev... eto koshter moddeo or heart fresh hoye ache.... Some friends forget, Some move away Some keep silent, Some just change But I知 not 1 of them, I知 here just 4 two moments now & 4ever... | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| i hpe dey neva make dis into a film.. otherwise i may just vomit at da gruesome visuals.. but i guess da moral of da story is warm hearted... . EvEr SiNcE yOu WaLkEd In2 mY lIfE, dReAmS eNvY mY rEaLTy.. | |||||||||||||||||||
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