The exposed heart...

We awaken and open our hearts when we are no longer trying to shut down and protect ourselves from the pain of life, from this vulnerable human condition, the basic fragility of being a human being, which never really leaves us.

When we are willing to live with a raw, exposed heart that is open to the pain of the world......we allow it to touch our tender heart of loving-kindness and to release the fragrance of our compassion and concern into a world so in need of that perfume!


Francis Bennett