Ideally?
Never.
But it’s almost impossible to live with an open heart if you haven’t worked to understand yourself, your triggers, and the reason you respond the way you do.
Living with an open heart means you feel and honour everything in your heart.
When you do the world seems brighter, the connections feel deeper, and you love a little harder.
Until you recognize what it feels like when you close your heart you likely won’t be able to live with an open one.
We close our hearts thinking it’s self protection and preservation, but in reality it’s quite the opposite.
Closing our hearts makes us feel isolated and disconnected. We say and do things we later wished we hadn’t, we don’t come from love, we lock ourselves off from compassion and we can’t practice kindness.
We are mean and hurt others when our hearts are closed.
Living with our hearts open requires bravery, especially when we are being tested by someone who’s heart is closed and is lashing out.
Learning to live with an open heart will change your life. It’s worth paying attention to.