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A Heart Must Be Broken

Perhaps a heart must be broken before it is broken open
And from that tear pours forth a river of remorse
For all the breakings and unkindnesses that human beings do to each other

Perhaps we must stay broken in order to know how to help others to mend.

Perhaps the universe in its compassion hears our cry of lament
And answers not.

For in the majesty of that silence
We learn to stand
Alone :
      Broken,
            Open,
                  Present.

The universal mystery fills us with wonder
How can such majesty exist alongside such misery?

Where do we place our drop,
Into the pool of kindness or the ocean of callousness?

Ours to choose
      Ours the choice
            Here, now
                  And in all our days to come.

Catherine Jetsun Yeshe
Snow Palace Retreat, Ontario
January 1999

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