God softens my heart

My wife and I saw "U23D" this past weekend. It was an excellent, visually cool film. We were talking about the movie afterwards, and she applied some of the lyrics from "One" to her experience in our marriage:

You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

After she quoted that part of the song, I realized how much I had hurt her. Ever since my parents divorced when I was a child, I have hardened my heart and have not let anyone get close to me. This weekend I realized that it's time to let go of that hurt and be there for other people emotionally -- especially my wife.