What crosses your mind when I ask you to define ‘heartbeat’?
For a scientific minded like a doctor or so, they might think that ‘heartbeat’ refers to the pumping of oxygen throughout the body by the heart. The alternate relaxation and contraction of the heart will produced a ‘lub’ and ‘dub’ sounds and that is what they called ‘heartbeat’. In a nutshell, without this ‘heartbeat’, our body won’t get sufficient oxygen needed to carry out cellular respiration and our cell body will eventually die. And that equals to us being dead too.
That is what I expected to cross their mind when I said the word heartbeat. But for a not-so-scientific-minded student like me, I have another viewpoint when defining the word ‘heartbeat’.
I defined heartbeat as something we hold on to; it doesn’t matter, a person, a thing, whatever it is that we hold on to just to survive from all the agony, the pain, the suffering, the obstacles in life. Because the fact that you still have that certain someone in your life, you will definitely make through the hindrance. It could be your husband, your wife, your parents, your friends, your teachers or your idols. They will give you some kind of energy to your soul.
Have you ever experienced situation like this? When you are in a difficulties and seems like there is no way out of it, or it may be the end of your life when suddenly a picture of your special one crosses your mind. During that fine moment, all the black and blues were overshadowed by the smiling picture of your special someone in your mind. And suddenly you feel powerful and energetic. Your head cleared and you will realize that there is actually a way out of the maze.
Just like the heartbeat, it supplies oxygen to the cell bodies to live. And thus, will generate the mitochondrion in the cells to produce plenty of energy and metabolisms. When your body has plenty of energy, you are capable to do many things. Just imagine you without energy; enervated, lackadaisical, weak, you named it. You don’t want to let yourself die, do you?
From my point of view, heartbeat resembles that special one in life too. For a normal teenager, they might refer their boyfriend or girlfriend as their heartbeat. For an adult, they might refer their other half as their heartbeat. Some also refer their family as their heartbeat. But majority refer their lover as their heartbeat. It is undeniably correct, right? It doesn’t matter because no one knows who we are referring. Just imagine if these person suddenly gone, in what condition you will be? Let me guess, soulless? Or perhaps depressed? Or in an accurate way, you feel like your soul has already died. You lose the fight.
It is similar to the heartbeat process. If your heart fails to function, the pumping of oxygen will not occur. And that equals to no cellular respiration. No cellular respiration equals to no physiological process will takes place. No physiological process equals to body malfunction. And finally, body malfunction will leads to self destruction. Eventually, we will die.
So, people, do you get my idea and viewpoints? Keep your body and mind healthy inside out. Care enough must be taken for your heart to function well. And care enough also must be taken for your love ones to stick to you and give that unseen energy and power. Every time you are facing trouble, just picture your ‘heartbeat’ in your head and eventually things will get better.
Haha okay ni my opinion saja. So do share with me if you have your own point of view :)
Cheers. xxx
