Heart Over Head

 

How fearless, how strong, how indomitable, how utterly dauntless is this heart of mine ...

"Raise every mast for full sail!" says Heart.

"Wait ... what! No!" Head is not happy, to say the least, "O man common this will NOT END WELL!!!"

It's okay, I try to reassure Head - you'd think I'd be better at it by now having had soo much practice -

But Head, as usual, is not having it, "But what if there's a storm, what if there are shoals, unforeseen obstacles and problems I mean this is the OCEAN and where the hell are those nautical maps, dammit man, we're in uncharted waters if we don't have nautical maps, for the love of God, Boss THINK about what Heart is DOING!!!"

Shush, Head, just look at the bright side, the sea air blowing our hair, breath in the salt air isn't it amazing? Take a deep breath - O wow you can taste the salt water. Just breathe! Isn't it a Joy, a Gift to be alive!

"We're going for it" says Heart smiling, in his element now, "if it doesn't end well, this will just be the most perfect disaster EvEr and we'll call it a significant move in the right direction. We came here to ply the seas, right? So if we're not going to sail then what the hell is the point?".

Whoa, that's a long speech from Heart. I guess when you've been broken, battered and defeated in so many places and so many times that finally enough light gets in that you just aren't afraid of the darkness anymore?

Hear that, Head, that's Heart saying put up or shut up - now come on, we got work to do, Head - all hands on deck!

1David B Sky

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