Good Is Not Great!

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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