Life is like a puzzle

Of all strategies, knowing when to quit may be the best.

No matter how ambitious we are, how hard we work, how much we try or how strong we feel about something or someone, we cannot change the "natural" course of things. 

Sometimes we need no know when to quit and focus our efforts and energy on something that is actually worth it. It may not be the obvious choice, it may not happen immediately and it may take us completely by surprise...but we will know it when it's right. 

It's similar to the missing piece of a puzzle: you know there is something out there that needs to make the picture complete. So you try hard to make other pieces fit in and in the end they never do. Then you try to change yourself and still nothing. 

But what if instead of trying harder, we just accept that there are things we cannot change, battles we cannot win and pieces that do not fit in our lives. Forcing things never leads to anything long-lasting.

Matters of the heart.

We "think" with our heart. It's what makes us human.

Human beings are meant to be rational. We think, we analyze, we have principles which shape our behaviour. We have superior studies, speak several languages and live in multicultural environments. And despite this, sometimes we behave in such irrational ways that even ourselves cannot really understand why. 

The good news is that the answer might be rational after all, according to the Institute of HeartMath. It is known that the heart is constantly responding to "orders" sent by the brain in the form of neural signals. What is surprising is that the heart sends more information to the brain than the brain sends to the heart. And the brain "communicates" back to the heart in many important ways. 

For example, when we experience negative feelings, the heart rhythm patterns become more erratic. These erratic patterns are sent to the emotional centers in the brain, which are recognized as negative or stressful feelings. These signals create the actual feelings we experience and as a consequence, they block our ability to think clearly. So we actually think with our heart. It's what makes us human.