Head vs Heart

I was scrolling mindlessly through a zillion videos and I remember one video where someone was selling a course on 'How to make effective use of time'. It had the typical, cliche terms flashing in bold on the screen. 'Discipline', 'Mindfulness' and the likes. 

I feel like today in this age, adults need to go back to their basics of Moral Science lessons that they bunked in school. We seem to have forgotten how to stay healthy, eat healthy, be kind, wake up on time, etc. 

The best part is that we have given all the violations cool names like 'binge-watching', 'night owls', etc. 

Why is it so hard to listen to what the head knows. Why is it so hard to say no to the cheesecake when our head knows it's not healthy? 

Would we have functioned better if we only had the head to listen to? A sharp, clear-cut, 

one-way to think about things in life! 

The moment we grab our heads for direction, a little voice inside us speaks softly into our souls.... that little voice of the heart. 

And that's when the battle of dilemmas begins. The head says stay away from the cheesecake and the heart whispers " One bite of joy won't harm you " . 

And we, mere mortals, slaves of our own minds, end up choosing the most convenient options and then justify them accordingly jn our head. 

Well, if life was just about cheesecake dilemmas, this wouldn't have been a problem. But when it comes to real matters of the heart, where one has to choose a line of action, who should one follow? The head or the heart? 

How do we know how much love we should give someone? How do we know which person to value in our lives? 

The head has clear answers but humans are social animals and hence, I feel, our lives must be driven more by what our heart says. 

Listening to the heart may appear crazy and may have it's own bunch of consequences. But what is life if we did not listen to our hearts? 

A life lived only with practical checklists and excel sheet decisions would be a hollow tree ; alive yet dead. 

There is love inside all of us. Our existence, our families, our friends and every person we cross paths with is filled with love. Some mask it deep within, some others express it. In the end, it's all relative. For even the greatest souls on Earth, breathed their last while holding their dear ones close to their hearts. Not their head. 

If this article, helped you find an answer to a dilemma you were struggling with, do share with a loved one. In this mad rush of chaos and competition, all we have special is our heart. Our bundle of emotions and most importantly our ability to share the same with each other. 

Hope we all lead a life filled with love, light, mind and heart ❤❤❤

- Yours truly, 

Snehal Shrivastava🧿