With Valentine's day approaching, the media is flooded with stories about hearts. One theme repeated over the years is the dissimilarity between hearts depicted on candies and greeting cards and the blood-pumping organ in our bodies.
This morning it occurred to me that the two really have only a name in common. There's no reason for them to look alike, as the heart that one gives in love is figurative or metaphorical, and in no way meant to represent any of the body's organs. The symmetrical shape so common to bumper stickers, t-shirts, and the doodling of teenage girls is merely a visual symbol of the heart of which one speaks when waxing poetic about love and courage.
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