Writing is a muscle

So they say writing is a muscle - in that, it must be grown, developed and nurtured, not unlike, say, your triceps, or even your heart, I'd believe. And so, this would be my account of such growth pattern.

That does bring us to an interesting point though - that the heart is a muscle, that may and can be molded to whim. Well let us look at the attributes of a muscle, shall we?

Things you can change or shape within a muscle (the 4 types of exercise):
Stamina/Endurance
Flexibility
Strength
Balance
(and my own add-in)
Speed/Reflexivity

Now lets see how these relate to the softest muscle of them all, the heart.
(And in heart, I mean the Thai relative of "jai", meaning the heartmind, if you know what I mean)

Stamina and Endurance- Necessary for one to brace one's heart, no? In times of darkness or loss of hope, endurance is incredibly necessary. The ability to keep moving forward.

Flexibility- Not everything is going to go according to how you'd hope it to. Stubborn mindsets will create heartache, battered as a stone in a flowing river. The ability to go with the flow.

Strength - Sometimes the heart must decide and act upon things that it would not rather. Pain and suffering will happen, and there is no way to shake it. But guard your heart with strength and do what all have told you that you could not achieve. The ability to overcome.

Balance - To me, this is more of the balance between heart and mind, logic and passion. Looking to weigh pros and cons, look objectively, set priorities. Balance is prevalent in all factions of life. The ability to look and decide with wisdom (away from calculating logic and hasty passions).

Speed and Reflexivity - My own input, perhaps due to my own struggle with indecision, the hearts ability to react quickly (speed) but trained in a certain calm state (reflexivity -dealing with TYPES of reflexes). Making smart decisions on the fly. The ability to dance through the obstacles of life.