Following my heart attack and bypass surgery in 2013, I interviewed the two physicians who were involved with my heart.
During my interview with my electrophysiologist, Dr. Mazda Biria. I asked him what he liked about the heart. His response was insightful:
“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝑲𝑮, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔–𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔; 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅.”
Touch someone’s heart.
Hold someone’s hand.
Say I love you.