Saturday, March 2, 2013

Heart and Mind

We say
He changed his mind
He had a change of heart
I see that we say that with the mind - we do the changing, whereas with the heart - it is our heart that is changed.

Try reversing these: How does it sound in your ear, how does it read to you?
He changed his heart 
He had a change of mind
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