[open] a starfruit along the way

[oathkeeper]

Sender: Sora
To: Everyone
Subject: Journal Text


hey guys! i'm sora! i've been hanging out in this world for about five months now!

i wanted to asked everyone something that might help me figure out what i'm looking for. i wanted to ask what you think a heart is made out of.

and i don't mean your heart that makes your body work. i mean your heart. the thing inside of you that makes you who you are. that makes you happy or feel great. that makes you angry or cry. the heart inside of you that makes you part of everything around you or makes you see the light or darkness in your world.

i guess some people would call those souls? but i've always known them as hearts!

i wanna know what you think makes you, you. what your heart says about you! and how you think it got there.

let me know!

Comments

Sender: Chizuru Yukimura

[thousandcraneswish]

[ It is a very deep question but exploring such a question seems soothing. ]

The heart you described cannot be confined to one word to be complete. For myself, there are three words that come to mind. Kokoro. Tamashii. Chi. Kokoro means heart but encompasses the mind and spirit. Tamashii means soul but also signifies the spirit within yourself. And for me, there is one final piece to this puzzle. Chi. Chi means blood both literally and figuratively, as in the heritage inside you. All of these parts create the spark inside each one of us.

[oathkeeper]

[There's something comforting about it, isn't there?]

three parts??

some people in my world say that hearts are made up of three parts. i never thought to look at it like that. the mind, the spirit and the uh... the blood?

what happens when you take one part away? do you know? i'm guessing you need all three words.