The Parables of the Broken

The Parable of the soft heart

One day, one heart said to the other:

"Hey, you're so weak, aren't you?"

And the other heart said to him:

"Yes... I already know."

And you, how strong you are.

But the other heart, seeing that this one was the soft one, said to it:

Don't talk to me, because you're weak and I'm strong.

Well, Soft Heart, upon hearing this, began to grow sad; so he tried to strengthen himself to be like him.

But to become stronger than him, he had to accept that he was the best of them all; he didn't, since many times before he had done this and it had gone badly for him, with everyone humiliating him again.

So, as he was pondering this idea again, an infinitely beautiful light approached him and said:

"Why do you listen to him?"

The soft heart replied:

"It's just that if I don't, all the hard hearts will make fun of me."

But the light said to him:

"Come to me."

And...

The soft heart surrendered to that light.

And once inside the light, the light said to him:

Now you're mine, and no one can do anything to you; because I am all-powerful.

After saying this, the soft-hearted one burst into inconsolable tears, saying to him:

"Thank you."

"I finally feel love."

"How beautiful it is."

Then the light said to him:

Now tell the other hearts to soften, so that I can enter them and make them feel this liberating love.

And so the soft heart turned to the former hard heart and said:

Look, do you see this light I have right now?

"I feel invincible."

But the hard heart replied:

What light? I don't see anything...

Then the soft heart was surprised and went straight to the light, saying:

Luz, why can't he see you?

And the light answered him:

"He can't see me because it's still hard."

Tell him to soften up so I can get inside him.

Then the soft heart turned to the hard heart and said:

"Become soft, and you will see this light so that it can enter you and fill you with a love that makes you invincible."

However, the hardened heart refused, saying to him:

How can I trust you?

I have plenty of reasons not to listen to you.

The soft heart asked:

What are those reasons?

And the hard heart replied:

Well, look at you: you're a softie and you're pathetic.

"How could such a liberating light as the one you describe enter into you?"

The soft heart tried to respond, but the other interrupted it, saying:

Come on, come on, don't talk nonsense.

But even so, he still answered her question:

"You see, it's just that you don't know that the softer a heart is, the more humble it is, you know?"

But the hard heart ignored it, and I gave it another reason:

And beside, if I show weakness, they'll make fun of me too.

I don't want to end up like you.

And then the conversation ended.

And the soft heart went away saddened, so it said to the light:

"Why don't you listen to me?"

"I'm sure the others are like that too."

Then the light said to him:

"Keep your faith."

Don't hesitate; for I have already planted some seeds in him thanks to your obedience, and now I will make them grow.

Keep preaching to more hard hearts, and you'll see how they'll be transformed.

And finally, the soft heart said:

One last question before I preach: who are you?

And the light said to him:

"I AM."