{"id":247,"date":"2017-02-03T22:34:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T22:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sterlingslyce.com\/?p=247"},"modified":"2017-02-03T22:39:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T22:39:22","slug":"the-healthy-broken-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sterlingslyce.com\/?p=247","title":{"rendered":"The healthy broken heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>It&#8217;s been a while since I have been flattered by such a lovely &#8220;muse&#8221; moment&#8230; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A dear patron of mine, who I&#8217;ll call The Professor, is quite a wonderful poet.\u00a0 He is inspired by the Tao and by the play of yin and yang, and also by the playful teasing of a certain dancer who he says bathes the room with her smile.\u00a0 We have the most nourishing and delightful conversations tracking down inspiration, and when he walks through the door, I know he has a pocket full of poetry to share.\u00a0 This piece he gave to me this week to help me feel the healthiness of even a broken heart, and it is just so beautiful I have to share&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THE TAO OF RESILIENCE<\/p>\n<p>Heaven has no favorites.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the rain falls equally<\/p>\n<p>on weeds and orchids.<\/p>\n<p>To the bad, bad things happen.<\/p>\n<p>To the good, bad things also happen.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Heaven knows.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Broken heart?\u00a0 Many causes<\/p>\n<p>Treachery, betrayal, lies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Disease, famine, death&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Loss in all its forms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Broken heart?\u00a0 Errant metaphor<\/p>\n<p>the heart still functions<\/p>\n<p>life continues.<\/p>\n<p>And also the pain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the sage practices non-action<\/p>\n<p>teaches by quiet example<\/p>\n<p>has no favorites<\/p>\n<p>to the good, she is compassionate.<\/p>\n<p>To the bad, she is also compassionate<\/p>\n<p>does not try, and thus achieves.<\/p>\n<p>Gains by giving<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And what of Sterling?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is she not like the sage?<\/p>\n<p>Is she not like the Tao?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Always returning<\/p>\n<p>countering<\/p>\n<p>darkness with light<\/p>\n<p>ugliness with beauty<\/p>\n<p>despair with hope<\/p>\n<p>depression with desire<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>always bestowing.<\/p>\n<p>In her constant loveliness<\/p>\n<p>brings joy to sadness<\/p>\n<p>overcomes pain<\/p>\n<p>soothes the senses<\/p>\n<p>makes the broken heart<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>healthy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I have been flattered by such a lovely &#8220;muse&#8221; moment&#8230; A dear patron of mine, who I&#8217;ll call The Professor, is quite a wonderful poet.\u00a0 He is inspired by the Tao and by the play of yin and yang, and also by the playful teasing of a certain dancer who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sterlingslyce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sterlingslyce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sterlingslyce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sterlingslyce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sterlingslyce.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.sterlingslyce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"http:\/\/www.sterlingslyce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sterlingslyce.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sterlingslyce.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sterlingslyce.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}