just a cage of rib bones and other various parts. so it's fairly simple to cut right through the mess, and to stop the muscle that makes us confess.
-ingrid michaelson
the other day, i was hanging out with aaron, and along with the other endlessly pointless what if?'s and why?'s i bombarded him with, one particularly kept me thinking.
why is our heart considered the organ linked to love?
in all honesty, our minds are what trigger our emotions. our hearts aren't even in their true form, we have grown in society to view the shape of a heart to be perfect and endless and somehow making us refer to romance in its most ancient forms. but why? how? when?
we made the idea of hearts to use almost as a symbol of this emotion i guess, naturally, we can't get enough of.
it makes no sense to me! i'm not the type of girl who believes everything should and can be proven scientifically, do nooott get me wrong. i just feel as if this is almost an open ended question at this point; one that will inevitably make you stop and wonder for at least a moment, and trigger the questioning of various other things.
so, i understand why a ring of marriage is to be on the ring finger upon the left hand, because the veins and such within that finger connect directly to the heart (fun new fact of the day!). however, why is the heart supposed to even serve as a symbol great enough to represent... love?
i don't know about you, but i LOVE love. i learn every aspect of it because i enjoy it, and the beauty of it is i could find all there is to know and STILL have so much more to learn.
such as this question that continues to linger in my poor, curious mind. i don't understand how this morbid looking object that keeps us alive, that simply pumps blood to and fro has such a physical and emotional significance.
you know what's kind of funny though? how this relates to the old troubles with "mind vs. heart."
so, if the mind is what truly controls emotions, why is it that the heart even has any influence? sadly, i wish i was writing this blog because i had an answer, or because i could make my readers happy and tell them what the true reasoning behind it is, but i can't. this is basically me rambling on about something i'm just not so sure about.
maybe it's because the heart is the center of all organs. or because without it, you'd die. or maybe it's simply because the concept of the heart being linked to love is just... "the way it is." i don't think i'll ever come to a legitimate conclusion, and that's okay.
however, you know what aaron told me?
"well... i think the heart's linked to love because the heart's the most fragile organ in the body; it circulates blood, and it keeps you alive even though it's only protected by a crummy rib cage. i guess you could say the heart is also the most vulnerable organ in the body too; love itself takes complete vulnerability."
i'm thinkin' i'll stick with that.