08/06/2026
Every human is born open.
The heart begins like water,
clear,
moving,
alive.
Look into the eyes of a newborn
and you will see it:
nothing hidden,
nothing hardened,
a soul still flowing in the light.
But water left untouched
can stagnate.
So the child is held.
Carried.
Rocked.
Loved.
The care of parents stirs the young heart,
sending ripples through it.
Their love is light.
And light keeps the heart in motion.
Then one day,
the child is released into the world,
and the heart begins its long journey.
It flows toward wants and desires.
Touches other waters.
Holds some.
Runs from some.
Pours itself into some,
then leaves again.
And like every river,
the heart gathers things as it moves.
Praise.
Shame.
Greed.
Loss.
Pride.
Fear.
The dirt of the world settles into the current.
But a heart open to light
does not keep everything it carries.
It lets the heaviness sink.
It releases what would poison the flow.
So it keeps moving.
Keeps touching lives.
Keeps searching for warmth.
For the purpose of man's heart
is not to freeze—
but to flow toward light.
Yet some hearts desire too much.
They gather and gather,
until the weight of the world
chokes the current.
The flow slows.
Warmth leaves.
And the living water
hardens into ice.
A material heart.
Cold.
Still.
Hidden from light.
Some are fortunate enough
to reach ninety and beyond.
By then,
many no longer chase the world.
They live gently.
Quietly.
One day at a time.
And slowly,
their hearts begin to thaw again.
The current softens.
The weight falls away.
The water moves toward the hottest light.
Then de@th arrives—
not as an ending,
but as transformation.
Water becoming air.
The final release.
A soul rising beyond the weight of earth.
But not everyone is fortunate
to reach ninety and beyond.
Some leave at thirty.
Some at forty.
Some at sixty.
And when your time cómes,
what kind of heart will follow you?
A human heart
that transcends.
Or.
A material heart
that descends,
for those who d!e bitter,
unkind,
never content,
their hearts leave this world frozen.
And there is no warmth beneath six feet.
Grãves are chilly places.
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"Material Heart" is one of the reflections from YOU ARE NOT WHO THEY TOLD YOU.
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