Transcription of The Broken- Open Heart
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1w e av i n g s x x i v : 2 TheBroken- open HeartL i v i n g w i t h Fa i t h a n d Hope i n t h e T r agic Gapby Parker J. PalmerJust heard an NPR interview with Basim, an Iraqi who worked asan interpreter for American troops. He took the job believing that theAmericans represented hope for his country. But when Abu Ghra ibsho wed Iraqis that Americans could be as brutal as Sad dam s police,Basim s effor ts to bridge the two cultures brought dea th threa tsaga inst him and his family and they were forced to flee their home-land. Was it na ve to believe that you could stand in the mid dle likethat? , the interviewer asked. Without hesitation Basim answered, No.
day. We know that heartbreak can become a source of com-passion and grace because we have seen it happen with our own eyes as people enlarge their capacity for empathy and their ability to attend to the suffering of others. Transforming heartbreak into new life is the aim of every religious tradition at its best, as witness this Hasidic tale. A
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