I am becoming such a fan Julie! I love the idea of the brain in service to the heart, because it so neatly turns some bad ideas from my upbringing upside- down.
Thanks Meghan! Yes exactly - "it so neatly turns some bad ideas from my upbringing upside- down." The heart brings in a fuller, deeper and wider embrace.
COURAGE
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The heart has a brain!
Did you know that?
Its own nervous system.
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Yet my whole life I have been taught
to listen to the brain in my head.
Ongoing views, logic and thoughts.
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Over the years though, I have come to see
the deeper coherence and wisdom of the heart.
An intimate poetry of devotion and love.
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It takes courage to be a heretic.
To not fall in line with the status quo.
Being a dissident, freethinking from the heart.
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Understanding it’s more about the mind
being of service and yielding to the heart.
Not the other way around.
Similar thoughts in my poem. Brain/ thinking dominate. Protecting me from pain, fear. Learning to give heart space and voice.
I am becoming such a fan Julie! I love the idea of the brain in service to the heart, because it so neatly turns some bad ideas from my upbringing upside- down.
Thanks Meghan! Yes exactly - "it so neatly turns some bad ideas from my upbringing upside- down." The heart brings in a fuller, deeper and wider embrace.
This is lovely Julie. I line the contrast of brain and heart, and the notion that the heart has a brain. Thank you for sharing from the heart. ❤️
Thanks Larry! ❤️