Why is it? Head Vs Heart

Heart: Why is it that we rely on our parents and the elderly for the smallest and littlest of things in life? I mean aren't we supposed to be individuals making our way in life, not bothering what others think about us?

Head: How stupid a question is that! Can you really be this foolish?

Heart: Why what is so stupid about what I just asked?

Head (in a frenzy): Well 'parents' - they've been there and done that! And they know the consequences. So, listening to them is an almost sure shot way to get it right. If at all you understand what I mean (sighs) !

Heart: Oh no no! I am aware of this. My question is asked with a very different perspective in mind.

Head: Oh yeah! And what might that be?

Heart: Suppose I want to tread on a path that the previous generation hasn't tried stepping upon.

Head: Anyway, they have seen the world, and are more aware than you are about what might be in store. It is always important that you consult them and actually pay a heed while doing that. Don't take them lightly. Your parents are your greatest benefactors, well wishers. Whatever, it is that they say or do is with your own happiness in mind.
Heart: I know, but don't you think I am a different person from who my parents are, don't you feel the same way too, at least sometimes? Like they don't understand you or your point of view at all. Its like living in a world of contradictions. You have been put in a convent school and not merely any English medium school, so you grow up to become a better, a bigger person than what you ought to be in a different environment. Haven't you always taught to be kind, to put others before yourself ? All they ever wanted was to make you better than themselves and wish for you to have a life that is better than theirs.
And, yet when you have done a good thing and suffered for the same, haven't  you been scoffed at? At least I remember many such instances. All I can think of is, I have been scolded for my stupidity, not once has any one ever told me, what you did was the right thing to do, its not your fault that you had to suffer.
Tell me I'm wrong..

Head (slightly confused now): I don't know. But the fact that they scoffed at you was for your own good. So you don't fall for that kind of trap ever again in your life. So you don't trust the wrong people.

Heart (infuriated at this indifference): And you call that life, wherein I'm not capable of trusting a single soul! It is not written on men's faces if they are trustworthy or not. It’s my instinct that tells me to trust people. You are telling me NOT to trust my instincts, my own self!! Oh, how can you be so mean! If they didn't want me to trust in fairy tales, why did they go through the pain of making me believe them in the first place. Why does everyone say, have faith?  - It will pay off. Now, no matter what you tell me, why am I not able to believe you? Why is it that I just can't seem to shake off this weird crazy faith that something good is about to happen, even when nothing seems right?
Maybe nothing wondrous is ever going to happen in my life, and I will learn to live with what I have and this is the very prospect that infuriates me, saddens me, makes me hopeless, lose my heart. I don't find the strength to carry on any more. Every day just seems like a drag. Life has become so ... so lifeless. When it comes to not giving up and living on in the hope that things will change I feel like Sam Baldwin when he said "Well, I'm gonna get out of bed every morning... breathe in and out all day long. Then, after a while I won't have to remind myself to get out of bed every morning and breathe in and out... and, then after a while, I won't have to think about how I had it great and perfect for a while."
I guess I have to give in to the ways of the world. Fairy tales are not meant for people like us. We are the ones who have to be content with food, shelter, clothing and a practically feasible life partner. We cannot have soul mates.