I like what Clarissa Pinkola Estés has to say about being wounded. You may find her work The Theater of the Imagination, Woman who Run with Wolves helpful.

It’s an interesting thought that when a heart breaks, it breaks open. To be wounded then is to be opened and opened suggests the opportunity of being filled. It is also interesting that the words wound, and wonder are related. Though we experience the pain of being broken and  hurting we also find ourselves opened to wonder.