I experience a cracking, heart‑clenching sensation as Deadline day approaches. Emotion overrides reason, compared to clinging to a doomed relationship. The irrationality of the heart trumps the brain in confronting this inevitable moment. I would do anything to preserve the past and hold onto feelings that beat so intensely they could burst. The attachment began at 16 when Michael D Higgins first caught my attention and deepened at 23 when I could vote on his life and activities. The impending end of his presidency provokes profound nostalgia and a belief that no other president will match this bond.
Michael D Higgins has ruined us for other presidents
Can you hear that cracking noise? No? OK, but do you feel what I'm feeling? Is your heart clenching too? Deadline day is inevitable, but - like that bad relationship you've clung to, the one you knew would never last - the irrationality of the heart trumps the brain.
I would do anything to preserve the past; to hold onto these feelings beating so intensely they could burst. But how could I not? I was 16 when he first caught my attention. I was 23 when I was able to have my say on his life and activities.
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