HEARTS AND MINDS

     The parts of our body are basically made for us to understand their importance. We may be wondering why is it that our hands, feet, eyes, nose and other parts of our body have their own place. Furthermore, we may ask a question specifically with regards to the position of our minds and hearts. Why is it that God preferred to put our minds beyond our hearts?

     Basically, people are often known to be weak especially when it comes to emotions and mostly self-centered during decision making. Our minds and hearts were not created to choose what is right and wrong but to balance our personality through consulting from each other. Our minds might tell us not to sacrifice our own life for the sake of other people but our hearts might acquaint us to help others. With this case, we can see how these two fundamental parts functions.
     Have we even asked ourselves why is it that our hands and feet are placed nearer with our hearts than our minds? It is to remind us that when anger and desire to hurt others conquered us, our hearts take its rationale. It enables us to hide our true feelings making us avoid any act that is not based on brotherhood. With this, our hearts control what is being dictated by our minds. For example, our minds might tell us to punch or kick a certain person but in contrary, our hearts would be saying to forgive and forget. This will only prove that balancing takes place.
     But we should remember that this is not always the case. The decision primarily depends on the person himself. His inner value or his knowledge on a certain thing would affect his decisions making him different from others. If that person had already developed the goodness of his inner self before then, his heart would always tell him to do what he know is true.
     Remember then what our characteristic is by believing in this passage that goes, “think first before we act.”