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 it was 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 laugh
2007-02-24 22:50:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
"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 chee
2007-02-24 22:59:09 · update #1
....and they live happily ever after. the end
Seriously, l like it even if l've read it before.
2007-02-24 23:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The young man was self obssessed with physical beauty and once the old man explained to him in his own words that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the young man broke down due to the fact that here he beheld true splendour!!!!!!!!
2007-02-25 07:04:15 · answer #2 · answered by Andyman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the young man is heartless !
2007-02-25 06:55:32 · answer #3 · answered by Scotty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
another bl**dy sermon this is a joke page I want to laugh i have just wasted two minutes of my life reading this cr*p i will never have that two minutes back again I hope you are happy now
2007-02-25 10:10:54 · answer #4 · answered by mac 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah that is sad but a good story 10/10
2007-02-25 11:24:11 · answer #5 · answered by speedy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lovely pouring heart is really daring,in this case.
:)
2007-02-25 23:34:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Complete the joke plzzzzzzz........
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Very good lesson. But it was not a joke, right?
2007-02-25 06:55:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For the joke to work please provide a punch line.
Aaah. Good story but not a joke.
2007-02-25 06:57:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
aww thats really nice.
not really a joke as such, bu it really makes you think.
xxx
2007-02-25 09:02:12 · answer #9 · answered by Nurse Nancy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and!!
2007-02-25 06:59:47 · answer #10 · answered by bells 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋