8.4.08

Tin Hearts Anyone?

"So you want a heart? You don't know how lucky you are NOT to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they are made breakable..." The Wizard of Oz to the Tin Man


I've read The Wizard of Oz countless times when I was a kid but never really understood what the wizard was trying to say to the Tin Man.

Now, it is oh so clear to me...

I wish the message had been clear back then, then maybe I wouldn't be doing the routine of picking up the shattered pieces of my heart, gluing them together and letting them heal, only for the shattered pieces to fall off again.

Maybe I should go on a quest for the yellow brick road and find the wizard --- I would ask for a tin heart to replace mine instead...