The eternal quarrel [Archives:2008/1125/Community]
By: Taiseer Ahmed
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In the final scene of life's play, two well-known stars appear onstage in their final attempt to end their eternal quarrel. Will they succeed?
Heart: I am the king of feelings, passion, sentiment, ardor, forgiveness, mercy and sympathy, but hatred, aversion, hostility, spitefulness, malice and meanness also take place in my kingdom. I help people accomplish things. I inspire them to make critical decisions. I am the sign of lovers, the inspiration for poets and the guide for mothers. In my kingdom, people live peacefully because I am the world of romantic dreams and the source of humanity.
Mind: You foolish heart! What are you talking about?! I'm better than you because I'm the king of reason, rationale and knowledge. Your idiotic feelings mean nothing to me! You'll find what humans need in my precious kingdom – science, grand ideas, elegant solutions, comprehension and intellectual ability. In using me, people develop their lifestyle and solve their tribulations. I help them get rid of your fake and deceptive temptations. I'm the guide of scientists and realists, not those living in the tides of your fancies. Your followers live in either nightmares or daydreams!
Heart: Rubbish! You're too tough, always encouraging people to act without feeling. Don't you remember that guy you encouraged to leave his sweetheart because she was poor? Or that mother who left her children for the sake of money?…
Mind: I'm sorry for interrupting you, Mr. Heart, but don't you remember that mother who spoiled her son because of love? Or that lover who was a slave to his passions and memories after his beloved's death until he was destroyed?! Is this what you mean?!
Heart: Please, Mr. Mind, imagine people living without me and without my love and emotions. Life would be like a forest and the poor people would be like machines.
Mind: You're partially correct, but I also want you to imagine people living without realistic thought, living with absent minds and simply living in order to love or hate! What kind of life would they have? A life of fake dreams and whimsical desires – what a life!
Heart: So, brilliant rival, what then is your solution? I confess that you are important, but I too am important for people. Oh, this endless battle makes me sick!
Mind: We should remember that we're twins and although we're opposites, we complete each other, so in order to flourish human life, we should work hand-in-hand.
Heart: Yes, dear equal, this means my feelings aren't guided by your reason or that your realism is without my emotions because both may destroy lives and that's something neither of us wishes.
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