I’m at a point in my life where I don’t want to be. As a matter of fact, I’ve begun asking
myself what I did wrong to get me to where I am right now. And the answer was very clear… I
followed my heart!
I don’t know whom I got that advise from but I will tell you
this right now. Following your
heart may not always be the right decision or choice. Beware when others tell you that as long as it makes you
happy, you’re good. In reality, it
isn’t always the case.
I’ve made a lot of wrong decisions and bad choices because I
followed my heart. Listen my
friend, our heart doesn’t think!
It simply does what it feels is good. And often times, what feels good isn’t always good!
When we lead with our hearts, we will fail. But it doesn’t mean we should ignore
the heart, for it is where our passion is born. The heart is an engine that moves the will forward. Contrary to what many of us have been
taught, the heart doesn’t steer.
That is the job of the mind!
Our mind helps us stay on the right path. It knows what is right and what is
wrong. It doesn’t feel. It knows!
As an artist, I was foolish not to use my head but instead,
my heart! And now I know that I am
wrong. My heart was settling for
what it felt was good. And I was a
slave to my heart. I followed how
it wanted to feel, ignoring the warning signs… all because it felt good!
And because I had something good, I lost the opportunity to
have something great!
A balanced usage of the heart and the mind would’ve told me
to stop what I was doing and not allow me to fall off the “cliff”. If I had only applied “principles” to
my decision making process, I would be in a greater place right now.
But it’s all good because life is full of second
chances. And this time, I will use
my mind, and not just my heart, because I don’t want to have something
good. I want to experience
something GREAT!
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