The Heart (n.) that is free is freer than the released bird or arrow, which are free only because the restraint stops; it was already free, and yet finds its freedom in giving itself away.
The Heart (n.) that is free has no history; the heart bound to God has a prior history, in which earthly love and friendship are only an interlude.
The Heart (n.) does not mean money in one's pocket — but it is far more important and decisive for mercy.
The Heart (n.) may accuse itself without condemning itself; to treat the two as one is melancholy exaggeration, as easy absolution is frivolity.
The Heart (n.) after a few years of living is a burial plot of promises, intentions, resolutions and plans, and "God knows what," which is fearfully true.