When Hearts Open.

When Hearts Open 

When hearts open, life flows by without grief
Waves mark and then clear the sand in a constant rhythm
The earth is soft and loose so that my seed sinks into it easily
to take root and later burst forth in Joy
When my heart opens, I see the soul across from me without bias
and I know in a single moment that I am both vulnerable and eternally strong. 

I find myself constantly looking for a distillation of the human dilemma.   Surely there must be a single perspective and single answer...  I can of course come to "love"... as a vibration that solves most suffering.  Then I can arrive at "letting go" or non-attachment and how it solves the suffering we create for ourselves.  

Recently tho, I've landed on the moment a "heart opens."   Hmmmm, this moment... so special when I feel it.  Before my heart opens, I am feeling constricted usually caught in a pattern and all the unpleasant, fearful thoughts in my head.  And then the magical moment when my heart opens...  

My heart can open for the simplest reasons... perhaps I merely choose to take a loving breath, or I think of something I hold dear, or I just choose to let the suffering I've created go... however it happens, the result is always the same for me... the world shifts, a gentleness pervades my space and I realize all is well.  

I realize the catch with an open heart is the vulnerability.  Where I find myself recently is feeling the fluidity and the strength that is there when I am open hearted.  Closing down my heart creates a "brittleness" ... that is actually more fragile for me.  

So here I am wondering if it is so simple...?