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telling a joke, a picture we sketched in the light of a window, the first game of soccer we playedwith a rag ball, the worms we collected in a shoebox, a flower we pressed in the pages of a book,our concern for a fledgling bird fallen from its nest, a wish we made in plucking a daisy. All theselittle things, ordinary in themselves yet extraordinary for us, can never be captured by algorithms.The fork, the joke, the window, the ball, the shoebox, the book, the bird, the flower: all of these liveon as precious memories %u201ckept%u201d deep in our heart.21. This profound core, present in every man and woman, is not that of the soul, but of the entireperson in his or her unique psychosomatic identity. Everything finds its unity in the heart, whichcan be the dwelling-place of love in all its spiritual, psychic and even physical dimensions. In aword, if love reigns in our heart, we become, in a complete and luminous way, the persons we aremeant to be, for every human being is created above all else for love. In the deepest fibre of ourbeing, we were made to love and to be loved.22. For this reason, when we witness the outbreak of new wars, with the complicity, tolerance orindifference of other countries, or petty power struggles over partisan interests, we may betempted to conclude that our world is losing its heart. We need only to see and listen to the elderlywomen %u2013 from both sides %u2013 who are at the mercy of these devastating conflicts. It is heart-breakingto see them mourning for their murdered grandchildren, or longing to die themselves after losingthe homes where they spent their entire lives. Those women, who were often pillars of strengthand resilience amid life%u2019s difficulties and hardships, now, at the end of their days, are experiencing,in place of a well-earned rest, only anguish, fear and outrage. Casting the blame on others doesnot resolve these shameful and tragic situations. To see these elderly women weep, and not feelthat this is something intolerable, is a sign of a world that has grown heartless.23. Whenever a person thinks, questions and reflects on his or her true identity, strives tounderstand the deeper questions of life and to seek God, or experiences the thrill of catching aglimpse of truth, it leads to the realization that our fulfilment as human beings is found in love. Inloving, we sense that we come to know the purpose and goal of our existence in this world.Everything comes together in a state of coherence and harmony. It follows that, in contemplatingthe meaning of our lives, perhaps the most decisive question we can ask is, %u201cDo I have a heart?%u201dFIRE24. All that we have said has implications for the spiritual life. For example, the theologyunderlying the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola is based on %u201caffection%u201d ( affectus). Thestructure of the Exercises assumes a firm and heartfelt desire to %u201crearrange%u201d one%u2019s life, a desirethat in turn provides the strength and the wherewithal to achieve that goal. The rules and thecompositions of place that Ignatius furnishes are in the service of something much more important,namely, the mystery of the human heart. Michel de Certeau shows how the %u201cmovements%u201d of whichIgnatius speaks are the %u201cinbreaking%u201d of God%u2019s desire and the desire of our own heart amid the6