Preaching From The Porch
Sometimes, when in therapy with an individual with a hole in their heart, I sometimes thought that perhaps that emptiness was there from birth, the hole was so deep. It seemed that nothing could fill the space. My client would go layer by layer into their heart until they could dig down in that empty hole and bring up so many painful, destructive wounds. We would have to deal with them layer by layer. But in the end, once the hole has been completely dug out, we could begin to fill the hole again with good things. When we love a child, or a spouse that has injured us emotionally, or there is a wound that comes from a friend, the hole in our heart becomes deeper. We begin to layer protection around the heart until there is a cold, frigid wall around our heart and we refuse to let anyone or anything in. This can happen without our awareness and over a period of time. As a result, it seems there are many of us who seemingly are removed from emotion. No matter what we experie