Inner Wisdom and Listening to Our Hearts...

If you're anything like me, I'm pretty sure people have told you — at one point or another — "to use common sense" and to stick with making decisions and doing things that "make sense."

I was raised and "trained" to be a sensible person; someone who uses logic and reasoning as the foundations of life.

"Logic dictates" that this should be the optimal strategy in life... but, as I look back across the years, I'm not convinced that it's an approach that has served me as well as its proponents would like to think.

"Doing what makes the most sense" is a great idea — on paper — but what does it really amount to, if your heart isn't in it? Of course, some would argue (including my parents, God rest their souls) that such notions are irrelevant, and you just do what you need to do.

My mother definitely did what she needed to do, but it never actually made her happy. Or content.

I remember having a long conversation with my mother's cousin, not long after my mother's passing... and she pointed out that my mother pretty much never chose anything based on heart and feelings.

I sometimes think about that conversation, and about conversations I had with my mom, and can only conclude that "being happy" was not really a part of her life objective.

Or was it?

She often enough complained of not feeling very happy with the state of her life; about the state of her relationship with my dad and later about her relationship with the man whom I came to think of as my stepdad.

I would like to believe that we all have an "inner wisdom" of sorts, a heart-based compass of sort. I think a lot of people I've met along the way have that, but don't necessarily listen to it... and so, the outcomes they get aren't really what they dreamt of... even if such dreams were largely kept secret.

But wo do ourselves a disservice by not listening to — and heeding — that inner wisdom. Maybe it's intuition, I don't know. Whatever it is, we pay a somewhat heavy price for not following our hearts.

We end up with that worst possible of things: Regrets.

It's a place where we can end up trapped in endless loops of thinking about what could have been, rather than celebrating what actually IS. And it's sad. And painful.

I suppose no place does this hold more true than in our relationships.

But the thing is, love and connection isn't something that "makes sense." So don't be afraid to travel halfway around the world because you "had a feeling." The weight of forever wondering "what might have been," will invariably be greater than taking a chance... even if you end up disappointed.

Not my usual type of post, I suppose... been listening to a lot of "moody" music today!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great Friday!

How about you? Do you listen to your heart? Or do you mostly live by logic? Do you ever wonder whether your approach is serving you well? Leave a comment if you feel so inclined — share your experiences — be part of the conversation!

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Created at 2024.02.09 01:25PST
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