guarding your heart

We have grossly misinterpreted the concept of guarding our hearts. Instead of carefully defending our hearts, we have isolated them.

Instead of isolating our hearts behind ridiculous barriers that admit absolutely no one, we should protect our hearts behind reasonable defenses. But because many of us are afraid of being hurt, we have decided to build walls. No doors, no windows, no peep holes. Just walls.

"But to love at all is to be vulnerable." - CS Lewis

Our hearts weren't designed to live behind walls of fear. Our hearts were designed to face the struggles, the difficulties, and the issues of life and overcome them.

So what does it mean to guard your heart? It means you must learn to build defenses, not walls, around your heart.

If you date you may get your heart broken. But if you don't date, you may find yourself in a far more tragic position -  your heart may become unbreakable.