Do you have a perfect heart??

happyheart · Oct 31st, 2009, 08:43 PM

I always ask myself the following question: When someone can go to extremes in hatred then why can't we go in extremes to give love, so much love that hatred has no chance to spread!!!!

Khair i came across this wonderful story and i love it so wanted to share with GS friends.

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.

What i want to discuss in this thread is:

*How can we promote love?
*How can hatred and negativity be defeated?
*How to crush our ego or contain our ego so that it causes not much damage?
*How can we achieve the state that we understand that taking one step back does not mean we are loosing rather gaining?

COLD_FIRE · Oct 31st, 2009, 08:45 PM

Hmmm...

inzi_rocks · Oct 31st, 2009, 08:49 PM

Mine is nowhere near perfect

happyheart · Oct 31st, 2009, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by inzi_rocks

Mine is nowhere near perfect

aww so cute

Well i think first step is admitting we all have to work hard to make sure we are aiming at a perfect heart Inzi.

So you like most of us are on target

Lynx786 · Oct 31st, 2009, 09:28 PM

I have a good heart but not perfect, and so far i haven't come across anyone who has a 'perfect' heart.

Gaia · Oct 31st, 2009, 09:59 PM

Happyheart hunny, Im gonna kill you!

Why: post too long
When: donno yet
How: with my shoe

Little Princess · Nov 1st, 2009, 01:32 AM

champ · Nov 1st, 2009, 01:37 AM

Little Princess · Nov 1st, 2009, 01:39 AM

champ u didnt even read it

champ · Nov 1st, 2009, 01:40 AM

Yeh i know , Khai bagair muj say parha nahi jaata

Little Princess · Nov 1st, 2009, 01:43 AM

phir aaj to naashta nahi milne wala

champ · Nov 1st, 2009, 01:43 AM

its alll bcoz of u

Khumar · Nov 1st, 2009, 01:46 AM

why yes, i do have a perfect heart. it's teh right size, it has no hypertrophy, there are no shunts in it, or crossing of blood due to a hole in the chest walls. the coronary arteries aren't occluded so far alhamdulilah. so yes, i do

happyheart · Nov 1st, 2009, 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaia

Happyheart hunny, Im gonna kill you!

Why: post too long
When: donno yet
How: with my shoe

Gaia mein fanaa honey ke lyee tayaar hoon

Why: agar kismat mein likha hai to kabool hai
When: time synchronize kar len ge
How: why shows? using these color fonts is working perfectly lolz [/QUOTE]

just kidding Gaia!!

Yaar i can imagine that you think its a long text. But do you think its easy to have a good heart?
When you read the text then you will understand that its not so easy to give and not get anything aback in return. But there are many people who do it for the sake of Allah.
If they want Allah to forgive them in the hereafter then they forgive the people on this zameen.

Khair i would suggest you to read it it will only take 3 minutes. Woh aap mujh se wapis le lena on GS chat

CiAo