THE CONSCIENCE (C), THE BRAIN (B), THE HEART (H)

Trilogue 4

B: I feel one kind …..

H: Why my friend?

B: Sometimes I feel stupid. Sometimes a bit confused. Not able to think which is right & which is not right.

H: Ah … what is right is kanan; what is not right is left … kiri.

B: Ha-ha-ha funny....

H: Seriously, what is the problem?

B: My person … this person whose brain I am …

H: Yeah … and I am his heart. What about him?

B: Recently on the 8th of March, his sister told him she wants to get married.

H: Yes. So what’s the problem?

B: That’s the problem. She wants to marry the guy from a family whose father is the owner of a rival business.

H: You mean a competitor!

B: Ya … his family and her family are in the agriculture business and they compete with each other.

H: But business is a competition to win customers. Is it not? So what is the problem?

B: That’s the problem! The brother tells his sister that she can marry the guy but on condition he must not work for his family! He can work anywhere else but not in his family. This is where sometimes I feel stupid … sometimes confused.

H: Why?

B: Look … he is a rational guy. Let him work where he chooses. That’s his freedom of choice.

H: Correct. So what is your point?

B: The point. If he marries her and works for her family, his family will break their relationship.

H: You mean chase him out! Disown him!! Hmm .. sounds like what you told me are happening in some state governments.

B: Yes. Now what shall I, as his brain, tell him. To break with his girl or marry her, work with her family and be disowned by his family?

H: Yeah … I understand. On one side family relationship and emotional attachment. Blood relationship on the other side. Love marriage and work. I would want both. Family and work.

B: I also. What shall I say?

A voice : “Ask me la?”

B&H: Who is that?

C: Me … la. Sahabat 'Conscience'. Nowadays, I myself do not know where you all place me.

B&H: Sorry, sorry. Sometimes we are so taken by this world …we freeze you. Tell us, what do you say…

C: Simple. By marrying him, she is happy and settled. By marrying her and working for her family, he is happy, settled and they are secure. Like it or not …both families are now bonded. It is now a family business. Build on and move on. Both families benefit.

B: Ayaah …. I did not think rationally. You are right my friend.

H: Sorry la my friend. I allowed emotions to blur your rational thinking.

C: So you two guys, let us leave our person whose body contains all three of us alone. He will decide and act.

B: If he allows me, I will rationally tell him to follow a win-win approach.

H: I will make him hear both parties with feelings.

C: That would be a great help … and he will come to a sensible and constructive decision. Leaves me clear.