Mind over love?

In matters of the heart, what is it that you think with more?
One of my favourite quotes is:
“It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.”
As humans, we are equipped with a heart and a brain, that go much beyond their physical capacities. The concept of 'thinking with your brain' is seen as using a logical, calculated thought process, while 'thinking with your heart' is all about warm, fuzzy sentiments.

As a society, we see women as the weaker sex. Why? Well, for one, we are *usually* physically weaker, ya got me there. But more importantly, women are believed to be more emotionally guided, which of course is a load of horse shit. Countless studies have found that men are in fact more emotional, but are much less open to admitting their emotions, because it is seen as a weakness in our society. Sad. 
In a nutshell, men are supposed to think more with their brains, women with their hearts.
And again, following the theme that men are superior, it is also widely regarded that logical thinking is superior to 'following your heart and shit'. Why? Because emotions are associated with women, which are inferior. Duh.

Or is that really the case?

Well, here's the thing; you need your brain in a relationship. You need to plan and calculate, reason with your partner in arguments, think about the next steps and how to get there, and sadly, sometimes you need your brain to reason with you when it's better to walk away. I am not saying that any of this isn't important, but guess what?
The human body can live without a brain, never without a heart.  
The brain is the most complex processing unit of all time; everything that man has been able to achieve has been created by a brain. It is such a complicated mechanism that we have barely scratched the surface in understanding it. On the other hand, the heart is simple as fuck. It has one task and one task only; pump that blood! Seems easy enough, but the reality is that this one little organ's one and only job is to keep us alive constantly, and it can never stop it's job or we're dead. And that's my idea of love. Without love you are dead. 

I follow my heart because it's the purest form of truth we have. You can't tell your heart what to feel, just like you can't tell your heart who to love. 
Because love isn't a matter of the brain. It is not logical and you cannot explain it. I cannot calculate and use logical thinking to reason about why I love someone. I don't know why; I just do.
And honestly, that's all you need to know for certain. As long as you feel it in your heart, the brain can figure everything else out.