When the Heart says Go, but the Mind says No

There are things in life that are always at constant conflict. Man and nature, viruses and white blood cells, hackers and security experts, the rich and poor, communists and capitalists, a magnet's north pole and south pole, i could go on and on, but i might not be able to finish writing if i do.


A person's heart and mind are, at the very least, not on good terms with each other. Every time a heart wants something, the mind immediately thinks about it and would always rationalize about the validity of what the heart wants. The heart would argue that the things in life are meant to be felt and enjoyed to the full, and rationalizing about it would essentially put a lid over the cup so to speak.


However, to an ordinary person, this battlefield between the heart and mind does not really exists, mainly because the mind is under control of the heart. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying that the heart is not a good thing, or an evil one at that, its just that our minds are used to succumb to the heart's desire, therefore leaving no room for thought, to the extent that it becomes an automatic and involuntary action everytime our hearts feels like doing something.


What's sad about that is that we easily give in to the desires of the heart without really thinking about what consequences these desires might bring. Or maybe we'd just easily accept and live with whatever consequences it might bring, no matter how grave (or dull) it might be. What's even worse is that we are sometimes content with living this kind of life and not doing something about it.


Sometimes, what we think about is the 'now', the temporary, and not the eternal. And that's where we miss the point. These distractions are what's keeping us from realizing what's more important and what's more substantial in our lives. Although this is the case, all of us fall short of this at some point in our lives, for we are only human. But still we shouldn't make this as our excuse. I believe we should learn from our previous experiences, whether it be good or bad, because there's always something to take from those, no matter how small.


I've had my fair share of these. These momentary and sometimes guilty pleasures. I succeed at overcoming these circumstances at times, but its usually failure on my end. But only through these failures that I learn and grow, for His power is made perfect in my weakness.


This's probably a lot of musings for now, for the heart and mind is a very complex and abstract concept. Maybe I'll write off a sequel for this one sometime in the future, for this battle of heart and mind continues on.