Every border we live inside — we inherited. Episode 5 of Open Heart Season 3 asks what it cost in human lives — and tells the story of one woman alone in a motel room with yellowish curtains in Tijuana in 1979 — who crossed a border she wasn't supposed to cross. And a woodcarver on the Victoria Falls Bridge who crosses one every day just to feed his family.

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EPISODE 5 — THE BORDER

The border between nations is the history of human suffering. It will take curiosity and humility to understand the ground we are standing on.

This episode asks:

• Do we know we inherited the border between nations without knowing the human suffering?
• Do we have a choice to pick a side to stand on?
• Do we abandon rules when our livelihood is at stake?

IN THIS EPISODE:

• The inherited border — drawn before we arrived
• Tijuana 1979 — alone in a motel room with yellowish curtains
• The vase — the small plane — the pounding heart
• The naturalization question I didn't understand but answered anyway
• The friend who drove me — who later became my husband
• Honor and pride go out the window when survival is the only thing that matters
• The woodcarver on the Victoria Falls Bridge crossing the Zambezi River
• The randomness of the cards handed down to us — the absurdity of life itself

THE EPISODE IN ONE LINE:

"The randomness of the cards handed down to us makes who we become who we are — it is the absurdity of life itself."

NEXT EPISODE:
Forgiveness. What it costs. What it frees. And whether we can forgive what we never fully understood.

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Open Heart with Lu Leslan is for anyone who aspires to understand themselves and the world more deeply. Through honest personal stories, philosophical insights, and practical wisdom, each episode invites you to live with more clarity, courage, and compassion. Subscribe and share with someone ready to open their heart.

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Lu's first documentary: Take a Bow: The Ingrid Clarfield Story (2011)