The biggest problem with being a bleeding heart is when my heart bleeds. When it bleeds and there’s nothing I can do about it. I feel the pain of others as acutely and deeply as if it were my own. As if what’s happening is happening to me rather than someone else.
One sure fire way to know you’re super special to me is if my heart starts to bleed after you’ve told me about a big pain or struggle you’re experiencing. I mean, you’re not going to actually see it, but you’ll probably still be able to tell. I’ll likely just start crying. Next, I’ll want to know what I can do. Then, finally, I’ll rack my brains trying to figure out how to solve the issue that’s caused you, my dear friend, so much anguish. Not because I want to try to turn off your feelings like the flick of a switch or shut them off like a tap. I know all too well it doesn’t work that way.
No. I react the way I do because my heart breaks to see you so upset. It hurts so much that I want to rip off the culprit’s head, jump down their throat and scream bloody murder at them all at once. It’s like showing red to a bull. How dare they hurt someone so dear to me? There has to be consequences for what they’ve done. They have to know… No more than know, they need to feel the terrible pain they have inflicted on you. Because they obviously have no idea, otherwise they would never do what they did, because they wouldn't just be aware of the consequences of their actions, they would truly understand the impact of those actions. Given that understanding, maybe they would act differently.
You know I would usually never harm even a fly. But mess with someone important to me? Well then, heaven help you, because I am bound to get pretty fierce. Mess with someone important to me at your own risk and be assured that if you do, you will feel my fiery wrath.
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This story follows on from How Do You Solve A Problem and Wish, which you can read here and here
