Harsh words shatter the heart like a glass that has been thrown on concrete to break. We pick up the pieces of the broken glass just as we pick up the pieces of a broken heart. The question is this, do we ever really pick it all up? Do we really ever put it all together in one place to be fixed, or is some of it swept up and placed in a corner until we are ready to deal with it?
We ask the question, was it real? Was it a dream? Was it our mind playing tricks on us? Did that really just happen? We come to the realization that it was all real. What now? How do we get past the pieces of a broken heart? How do we put it all back together, because the pieces may not be all there. There may be fragments that just do not fit anymore and we have to get rid of them. Even when all of the pieces are found, there may still be some pieces that got away, how can we replace the pieces that are lost? How do we take the fragments and make them fit when we know they will not, because it is just dust and shards without shape to put together.
Tears like waterfalls stream down our face as we feel the hurt of the pain that is there…there from the brokenness of the harsh words that were said. Words that would make someone want to scream until someone hears the pain of the pieces of a broken heart. Some may think it is easy to put the pieces of a broken heart back together, but it is not. It takes time, lots of time. It may not happaen over night, but in due time the pieces come together, but there are still the shards that we hold on to so we do not forget what that pain in our heart felt like, what it did to us, how it made us feel, and how it will always be there to remind us of how harsh words broke our heart.
Our soul hurts because of it. It changes the way we feel about someone. It makes us look at all people differently because some hide themselves behind fake smiles. Fake soft words that makes a person think good of them. Fake apologies that means nothing. Where does the kindness come from that is shown to someone when they have broken your heart? How can someone show love to those that hurt them like that?
We move on from it and continue to do good even when we still feel the pain of the pieces of a broken heart.
Food for the Soul 
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