The past one week has been hard on my heart and mind.
A loved one, still young 'in body' and 'at heart and mind' has heart failure and is now warded at IJN ICU. His ejection fraction, the capacity at which his heart is pumping, is at an alarming 20% (a normal ejection fraction would be between 55% - 70%). Freaky yet is the realization that the lifestyle we both lead - and many others I know - is one and the same.
which brings me to think: How does our heart and mind cope with us? have we ever viewed our heart and mind as a separate entity? do we even know how our organs work? we use (and abuse) without ever stopping to think of its consequences.
I just realized this fact. (At least in my eyes, it is a fact....) No matter how beautiful our physical body is, it's just a fascade. No matter how much money or how our titles dictate our lives (and the people around us) - at the end of the day, it is what we feed our heart that matters. Our spirit and our soul are the gatekeepers to our heart. The mind remains an innocent bystander, even though active and intelligent, but still incapable of overruling the heart when it falters.
So, this comes to mind and is going to remain close 'to heart': instead of feeding our brain and/ or mind, we should watch what we feed our heart. Literally.
May The Almighty strengthen Z's heart and keep his mind young.
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