I know that like me, you all visit Heartbreak Hotel from time to time. I know that even those who intimidate me -- because they seem always to have it all together -- are carrying secret, broken places inside. Today while cataloging a website (http://www.fetzer.org) I came across this quote that makes me feel a little better. It reminds me that heartbreak is an opening, a crack in the pavement where a seed can grow: yes, a gift.
"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.'"
-Parker Palmer in Deepening the American Dream - Selections from the Public Forum: Reflections of the Inner Life and Spirit of Democracy.
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