<p>When we were first introduced to the study of human anatomy in biology class in our early years at school, we wondered which was more important, the head or the heart. Some felt it’s the head, of course, because from thinking logically would stem a wiser outcome; but some of us felt the it’s heart, for what is more precious than acting with feeling. So, while logical thinking took over, compassion made its own way along.<br /><br /></p>.<p>As we stepped into our teens, a very emotional stage indeed, everything turned head over heels. There was sometimes quite a severe battle between the heart and the head. Finally, as usual, the head took over, with the heels following close behind, and the hearts going boompityboomp! A confusing age that surely was – the head, the heart and the heels taking turns.<br /><br />In life, the word “head” keeps popping up again and again. For instance, at the beginning of any game, a coin is tossed with head or tails to choose from. The person who picks the head is asked to serve first or is given a choice to either bat or bowl first!<br /><br />A head boy and head girl form the face of a school, there are heads of institutions and the head of the family. Husbands love to play demure, pointing to their better halves as being the actual head! Pun apart, getting down to brass tacks where matters of the head and heart matter… <br /><br />For instance, the choices we make in life. Be it studies, job preferences, the places we end up living in or the people we end up living for. Do we force our children to choose the subjects they study or do we give them a choice? Or, is it the “in-thing” to do a certain subject? <br /><br />As I go through the text books these days, especially those of math, I wonder what a child who does not have a love for the subject would gain! A math or a social science lover would obviously select his subject to specialise in after his class 10. So why burden a whole bunch of children to study something they do not wish to at all. After all, desires are a matter of the heart and when one studies her favourite area with passion, we not only have happy and hearty individuals but also more productive ones! <br /><br />One of my child’s friends wants to be a photographer. Some of the children were aghast at her choice. But, it pays to say or do something with heart. The pleasure one gets will definitely show in relationships and health. I would say head for it then – if working from the heart should give you a heady feeling, why not, because feelings are always heartfelt and not headfelt, aren’t they?</p>
<p>When we were first introduced to the study of human anatomy in biology class in our early years at school, we wondered which was more important, the head or the heart. Some felt it’s the head, of course, because from thinking logically would stem a wiser outcome; but some of us felt the it’s heart, for what is more precious than acting with feeling. So, while logical thinking took over, compassion made its own way along.<br /><br /></p>.<p>As we stepped into our teens, a very emotional stage indeed, everything turned head over heels. There was sometimes quite a severe battle between the heart and the head. Finally, as usual, the head took over, with the heels following close behind, and the hearts going boompityboomp! A confusing age that surely was – the head, the heart and the heels taking turns.<br /><br />In life, the word “head” keeps popping up again and again. For instance, at the beginning of any game, a coin is tossed with head or tails to choose from. The person who picks the head is asked to serve first or is given a choice to either bat or bowl first!<br /><br />A head boy and head girl form the face of a school, there are heads of institutions and the head of the family. Husbands love to play demure, pointing to their better halves as being the actual head! Pun apart, getting down to brass tacks where matters of the head and heart matter… <br /><br />For instance, the choices we make in life. Be it studies, job preferences, the places we end up living in or the people we end up living for. Do we force our children to choose the subjects they study or do we give them a choice? Or, is it the “in-thing” to do a certain subject? <br /><br />As I go through the text books these days, especially those of math, I wonder what a child who does not have a love for the subject would gain! A math or a social science lover would obviously select his subject to specialise in after his class 10. So why burden a whole bunch of children to study something they do not wish to at all. After all, desires are a matter of the heart and when one studies her favourite area with passion, we not only have happy and hearty individuals but also more productive ones! <br /><br />One of my child’s friends wants to be a photographer. Some of the children were aghast at her choice. But, it pays to say or do something with heart. The pleasure one gets will definitely show in relationships and health. I would say head for it then – if working from the heart should give you a heady feeling, why not, because feelings are always heartfelt and not headfelt, aren’t they?</p>
