i think it depends upon how you mean. if your heart is currently “broken” from a failed relationship, can you become “heartbroken” over another relationship situation… and i’m not sure about that. b/c you have to give your heart to somthing in order for it to get broken, and that’s a fairly difficult task to do with a broken heart. of course, there are all sorts of different aspects of our lives that affect our hearts besides romantic relationships. family, friends, careers, achievement of our dreams… i think any of those have the potential to break your heart simultaneously to any of the others. a scary thought, really. but how much more scary to think about living in cold and quiet, colorless world where you never allow yourself to be passionate about anything, in order to prevent it from hurting you? broken hearts heal, and they’re never quite the same. but sometimes the cracks create a new and quiet kind of beauty. i have a mental image of the vases made from mosaic glass, intended to look as if they’ve been shattered and repaired…
@tennesseejac… that’s a terribly sad, and pessimistic, way to look at the world. you don’t think you can recover from a broken heart, love again?