This episode will LITERALLY, like, LITERALLY be about our hearts. The physical ones in our chests. No, this episode won't be about romantics. But perhaps... it can be about love, just, in another way. It's going to be a short one! So... no need to get comfy. ^_^ Let's dive right in. I warn you though. This one's going to be a meh, post. -_-
Sad story short...
I’ve been sick for the last three days, constantly coughing. Like, every time I cough, especially towards the end of today,
my throat would exponentially hurt more. It would hurt so much that I’d have to
place my hand over my collarbone, as if it were fragile and it’d break into a bunch
of messed up pieces if I didn’t hold it together. And as I did that, I can feel
my pulse, right there between my collarbones. There was a pulse and it was
there. Beating and constant. I guess, it just occurred to me that I have a
beating heart. Sure, I mean, don’t we all? We all know that we have a heart and
everything. But do we REALLY know? Gosh, that probably sounds absurd. Okay. Let
me show you then in the hopes that you'll probably come to the same type of enlightenment.
Do as I say. Press two of your fingers against that hollow space
between your collar bones. And hold it there for 5 seconds. (pauseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)
Okay,
good. Now you see? Do you see how your heart, has never stopped beating? Not once so far, in your life? It's basically one of the most vital organs in your body, perhaps the first one you ever learned about in school. It does the service of keeping you alive. Of keeping you here. When you’re sleeping,
when you’re staying up, when you’re exercising, reading, every day, every hour
minute second, it’s always been there.
Like, I JUST realized that, and if you’re like me, you probably did too. ^_^
You know what that means? I mean, sure, you’ve probably grasped
this by now, but that beating heart you have? That’s always going to beat until
the end of your days. Throughout your entire mortal life, that thing will beat. While the world around you
holds no promise, your heart does, (well, except if you have like Type 2
Diabetes or cardiovascular disease, your heart holds no promise, but it’s beating now isn’t it?). And as you’re reading
this episode. This nonsensical episode, your heart is inside you, drumming on in a rhythm.
You finally see what I mean now? (Hopefully) you do. Great!
This is absolutely subjective, but an aspect to living happily
means to embrace what you already have and realize that you are grateful for it. And in this scenario, it can be as
simple as that beating heart of yours.
Alright. Bear with me now. So by understanding and seeing
exactly what you have in front of you, already on your table, on your plate…
you recognize that living is experiencing life with what you already have, not with
what you do not have. You can’t ride
a bike without having or borrowing one. You can’t play cards when you don’t
have any to begin with. And for things that you do not have. Things that would undoubtedly make you indefinitely happy
until the end of your days (because it better), I encourage you to go out there
and get them. So that they can be a part of your life.
So that you can ride a bike because you already have (or borrowed) (or stolen) one.
(Depends on the situation. ^_^)
Isn’t it kind of cool that every one of us has things or people
that help take care of us or make our lives a lot easier? That have been around
without our realizing it? In my case, it was realizing that I had a freaking heart, something so crucial and yet so often overlooked.
And I hope the same goes for you. I hope you realize that there
are many upon many things like the blood in your body or that nice toilet you
have and people like your parents or your bus driver that make your life your life, that make life more colorful, have more meaning, have more love. More of
everything.
So put out some time today. Give
yourself one minute. Just ONE freaking minute to stop and think about the
people and the things that you appreciate. Do that and thank me later. You’ll
feel a lot fuller because of it. You’ll feel satisfied. And perhaps just that
alone, the act of self-reflection in that one minute, can quench your thirst
for more and more when you already have all that you want right here and right
now. In this moment.
This was Ngoc Nguyen reporting about the
situation of hearts and cardiovascular disease and their effects on a person’s
relative amount of life satisfaction. Good day, people. J
Your
Girl with the beating heart,
Bloody
Amazing Ngoc
P.S. I just realized something. The number of views for my love life episode was double that of all my other episodes. Haha, wow. You guys are more interested in my love life than what I have to say about 2 spices and parmesan, priorities, and what other nonsense I have here on my Blog. You guys just LOVE that stuff don't you? x'D Sadly, my love life shan't advance. It probably stops here actually, but don't feel bad! We've got college too. Don't worry! ^_^ *fingers crossed*
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