It has learned to close before it could be wounded again. To guard. To perform love rather than receive it. To earn, contort, and strive for something that should have been freely given.
Many of us ache with lifetimes of pain that have caused our hearts to close. Hyper-vigilance, distrust, and avoidance become our armor. Yet these defenses, born of hurt, also block the fulfillment of our destiny and the expression of our greatest gift: an open, aligned heart.
Our souls remember every wound, every misunderstanding, every moment when love seemed to fail. These memories echo through lifetimes and settle into the body as grief, fear, and disappointment.