The Pursuit of Happiness: Mind vs. Heart
M: The mind is always greater, it is always higher, it is always searching for better. I can’t see how anyone can be better than me.
H: Dear Mind, I do not want to be better than you, I want to show you what I see. I see a lot of minds who are all right in their pursuits. But I see them fighting. Why are they fighting if they are all so intelligent?
M: I can see no mind greater than me, and if there is one, I would challenge it to a fight. There is no way he can beat me. As long as everyone accepts I am right, there is peace. So, you see, I cannot see anybody fighting.
H: Then what are you so desperately trying to prove, if you already know it is the truth that you are the greatest?
M: Because there is no absolute in the world of the Mind. We are destined to always try and prove something. We have to prove because it makes it right. And when we are right we are satisfied. You Hearts go around accepting everything as it is, giving it space and nourishing it without every questioning its worth or challenging it. You are useless. You get yourself hurt all the time.
H: We know, see and feel the bigger picture. We always accept and feel it is our responsibility to improve and build upon even if everything is dead. We are life. Without us all hope would be lost.
M: What do you need hope for? We always see the big picture, we are masters of strategy. I cannot see how strategy can have anything to do with your so called “matters of the Heart”.
H: Then how do you know where exactly do you want to go? How do you know what the strategy is for? How do you know that the goal of pursuit is “right”?
M: We pursue because the goal is the pursuit. The Goal is in the challenge. It is the most magnificent feeling!
H: How do you know it is so magnificent?
M: Because my neurotransmitters release chemicals that make me happy at the moment of reaching the Goal and that is why I need to keep doing it. Sometimes I get tired and tangled in thoughts. Like now. And I always find you here, sitting here, not letting me think in peace!
H: I am sorry.
M: Oh God, here he goes again…
H: I thought you need some help, so I sent you some sorrow to comfort you.
M: What?? Take it away, I don’t need it. What is wrong with you? I don’t need you, I need someone who understands my thoughts and loves me and wants me to be exactly as I am. To be good enough. I get so tired of proving to myself.
H: Come here my dear Mind. Rest here in my arms. I will comfort you and accept you with all of your doubts. Even if you do it again, I will still be here, loving you…
M: You are really mad. (hugs the Heart)
