perhaps a world where scientific discovery

and knowledge reign supreme, we must

remember that it is not just knowledge

in the head, but what we do with that 

within the heart that really matters.

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the heart is not simply the place where

emotions come and go, it is the place 

that defines deeper, lasting things:

like loyalty and empathy and sounds in

its depths the character of who we are. 

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it is what entices us to embody noble or 

beautiful things, to create art and music, 

to pursue peace, to leave the place where 

we live but a few small years and the 

people that dwell within better than 

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we found it. so, care for your heart lest it 

becomes embittered or cold, lest it is driven 

by selfishness alone, and reside in the place 

where loneliness breeds all kinds of malice.

–desire instead to dwell in the light 

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©Heather Pound 2022