A very inward-directed note, relfecting upon my own life.
Guarding the heart. A historical phrase through life, one that goes without mastering.
Difficulty generated from this task is met only by the rewards obtained.
Primary purpose from this task is to avoid difficulty, otherwise experienced as pain. Pain so severe, so real, that it may be the most intense known. Pain with purpose, however.
Understanding this requires delving into the source; the greater joy preceeding it. A heart guarded is robbed of this joy. This should not be misinterpreted for abusive connections, brooding or anything similar in abhorrence.
Consider a bruised apple. Sever bruise from the whole and the apple is just as fulfilling without that small part. An apple covered in bruising must be cored, obtaining the seeds and reaping a tree endless with fresh apples. More hardship is endured this way however the benefits far outweigh those of searching for a perfect, ripe apple.
When you receive an apple that is rotten to the core-- leave it. There is no nourishment from thatabhorrence.
As intricate a synonym that is, it lies in line perfectly with what is observed.
Just as when a fellow being is observed with perfectly good 'seeds in their core,' there lies no point in leaving but fear itself. From fear stems doubt, worry, unease, caution. Finding what a person stands for (what seeds lie within) lies at the stem of simplicity. For what a person truly stands for, they shy from the least. The rest are a series of misenterpreted actions, with previous experiences being the influence.
When asked to guard one's heart, the time for caution has departed. It then becomes learning the motive of actions.
In summary, the greatest pain may arise from an open heart only to be met with greater joy. For no man has felt greater pain than preceeding joy.
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