21st Century Family

Do a quick search of the definition of “heart” and you will get all kinds of information. One location I referenced listed 17 different definition variations. When you then begin to mix in numerous slight variations of these definitions is quickly adds up to over 50 and then on and on it goes. The word “heart” is almost a tough word to use anymore because it’s been used for so many things. If you’ve read any of my other posts you know I like to pull out a quick dictionary definition to create a quick reference and starting point. Tonight I’m just going to use my own for heart because I’ve spent countless hours thinking on this: “the innermost central/core invisible part of every human that is the base of their will, emotion, intellect, values and courage.” Please know that I include the intellect or “mind” within the term heart because I don’t think you can accurately pull the two apart. We use terms/words to try to wrap our heads around invisible realities we all know exist and describe them to one another. The problem is that one persons definition my be slight (or entirely) different than another person. Add to this problem the fact that you can’t “see” this part of us…only the effects….and accurately defining this “unseen element” becomes even more complex. For the sake of this post and all my other posts please know I will use the term heart according to the definition above.

After we know we are talking about this “invisible core” and not just emotion, we can move on to terms like “heavy heart” and “broken heart” or “deceptive heart.” I’ve decided to create a new category called “Heart: Core Studies” because I’ll have to continue to revisit this topic over and over.