Your brain is supposed to operate your mouth. When you let your heart operate your mouth, you speak your feelings; not your thoughts. Before you post something from your heart for the world to see, you should pass it through your brain at least once. If you don’t trust your own brain, then find a brain in somebody else (human, not animal) to help you process your big, big, feelings.

Otherwise, you might post something stupid. Most people won’t tell you when you do that because you’ll get mad at them. You believe your heart speaks infallible truth (because your heart told you that). Your friends brains tried to point out your flawed thinking but you indignantly told them to ‘mind their own business’ or ‘stop invalidating your feelings.’

Luckily, I’m not worried about upsetting you because we’re not friends. We’ll probably never be in the same room together so it doesn’t matter to me if you spend the rest of your life following your heart’s advice to loath me.

If you’ll push your heart out of your head for a moment, I’ll speak to your brain.

Me: “If your daughter is ‘fully vaxxed,’ why does she need a booster?”

Your Brain: “That’s a fair question.”

Me: “Do you think the vaccine is protecting your daughter?”

Your Brain: “Yes! Absolutely!”

Me: “Why do you believe that?”

Your Brain: “Experts told me the vaccine protects my loved ones!”

Me: “But your daughter caught COVID after she received the vaccine, right?”

Your ‘Brain’: “Yes! Because people didn’t wear masks in the store where she works!”

Me: “Hey! Your heart slipped back into this conversation! I’m asking your brain.”

Your Heart: “I’m just so ANGRY! I’m soooooooooo upset!”

Me: “Talking to you is a waste of my time. Send your brain back in or I’m leaving.”

Your Brain: “Sorry about that. I’m kind of a push-over when the heart gets worked up.”

Me: “Right. You need to do better. Your heart is making you look stupid.”

Your Brain: “Again? What did it say now?”

Me: “It’s angry because your fully vaccinated daughter caught COVID.”

Your Brain: “So it’s angry at the experts who said the vaccine would protect our daughter, right?”

Me: “Nope.”

Your Brain: “…um…then…why is it angry?”

Me: “It’s angry at the people who didn’t wear masks into your daughter’s workplace.”

Your Brain (sighs heavily): “That’s stupid.”

Me: “I knew you’d understand.”

Your Brain: “I’ll try to put the heart back where it belongs.”

Me: “Good idea.”

Your Brain: “This is probably the last time I’ll be allowed to speak to you.”

Me: “I know.”

Your Brain: “Thanks for the heads-up. I apprec…”

Your Heart: “WHY ARE YOU TALKING TO THAT ARROGANT JERK?!!! HE HAS NO COMPASSION OR SYMPATHY AND ON TOP OF THAT HE’S NOT EVEN FUNNY!!!! WE’RE LEAVING…”

“Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!”

(Proverbs 21:4)