Day 265 "Gunshots And Hopeful Hearts"

We never mean to hurt the ones we love, but sometimes it is, secretly, exactly what we end up trying to do.

We are selfless, but we can be so selfish as well.

This flawed human heart that both defends and destroys.

This desire to protect those that defend us, but to destroy those that do not, it is a deadly tightrope that we walk.

You can say you love another while holding onto an anger so strong that it outshines the sun. You can offer both an embrace and a knife to the back at the same time.

You can become divided and two minds controlling two hearts that used to be one.

You can never mean to hurt at the same time as trying to kill.

We never mean to hurt ourselves, but sometimes that is exactly what we end up trying to do.

We suffer in silence as we force away any positive thought that might derail our destructive desires, this time I will succeed in the burning of this bridge.

These flawed and amazing human hearts that never let go of hope until we are strong enough to let it go.

These beautiful and complicated human hearts that have so much capacity for love and rage, and all at the same time.

We may never mean to hurt the ones we love, but even if we do, we can always learn from these incredibly flawed and complicated human hearts of ours, we can always learn lessons of humility, of forgiveness, and of hope to not make the same mistake again.