All images by Annelise Lords
I was born with a soft heart. As a child, I would be sorry for everyone I see crying, sad, in pain, or enduring a crisis. That includes animals. I was told I felt too much. That can be a disability.
As I grew, I allowed my heart to do my thinking. The first thing humans found out about me is that I am kind. 99.99% of the humans I know took advantage of my generosity. Family too. I endured and stored a lot of agony inside of me and was liked because I was easy to scheme and cheat. I don’t create enemies because I am bad, I attract them because of being too generous.
I learned that not all of humanity wants a better world. A world where there is no suffering, hate, hunger, cruelty, or pain.
Humanity was forcing me to see Kindness as a disability. Forcing me to protect my heart.
I couldn’t understand how anyone could be cruel. The pain of cruelty is the hardest pain to let go.
My heart could think, but it couldn’t speak.
2022, my most difficult year, forced me to let my heart speak. I ran out of space to store the agony in my heart. None of my other organs would allow the magnitude of misery I endured from humanity because of kindness, in.
When my heart began to speak, the people in my life were shocked. They said I have changed. They didn’t like the new me.
Pain demanded change, allowing my heart to speak. There are billions of me out there who because of our kind heart, are walking around in a mountain of pain.
I decided to create a Journal to allow your heart to speak like mine did. My heart still speaks with kindness and love, but wisdom, common sense, and a stronger more assertive me are added to the mix.
This journal has more than forty hand-crafted hearts. I planned on putting in fifty different hearts. After each heart, three pages of freedom to express yourself is there. No lines are added removing boundaries. I hope three pages are enough for what your heart has to say.
If you want more, let me know.
Let your heart speak about the cruelty of humanity. Let it speak about injustice, disunity, love, thoughtlessness, kindness, forgiveness, etc. Whatever you have to say, let your heart speak!
Below are a few pages of what the inside of the Journal looks like. It will be on Draft2Digital and other places. Amazon for later.
If Your Heart Could Speak, What Would It Say?
All images are created by me Annelise Lords. Thank you for reading this piece. I hope you enjoyed it.