Listen to your heart?
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Listen to your heart?
| Fri, 09-02-2005 - 10:22am |
Right now the song "Listen to your heart" is on the radio. Exactly what does this mean? Opinions please? I know as an intelligent woman, my head tells me one thing. Which do you listen to...your heart or your head? Which one is the right one?
Just curious...

Personally, I listen to my "gut", my "instincts". I've listened to what I would call my heart (going with my feelings) and it's been wrong many times. I've listened to my mind (going with what seems "smart") and it's been wrong many times.
What's never been wrong is the feeling I get in the pit of my stomach that tells me something is wrong. I've ignored it on many occassions, but I shouldn't have. I've learned to listen to it when it tells me everything is going to be okay too, and it's always been right then too.
The thing is it's taken me a REALLY long time to sort out the difference between the three things and it still takes time each time to sort it out. The way I look at it is that my heart basically sends out the feel good emotions and the sad or angry ones. My brain tries to sort through the feelings and apply logic to how I feel. Unfortunately, I frequently forget about fear and often fear has a way of camouflaging itself as "logic". Because it sure does seem logical to protect yourself from being hurt, but sometimes taking a chance and risking being hurt cna be the right thing to do. My gut tends to know when it's worth the risk and when it isn't.
The best way I've found to get to the thing that lies between heart and head and somehow sees the truth in the middle (my gut feeling - instincts) is to let myself sleep on it or to meditate or do yoga or deep breathing excercises and tune into my body. My body has a tendancy to register and display my most basic instincts.
It's kind of a confusing thing and it takes practice and a good deal of brutal honesty to sort it out and not let fear or good feelings cloud out logic and instinct but it's a handy skill to develop.
Hi Nick!
PG agrees with your post 100%.
Unfortunately....many men and women often get "caught up in the emotion of the moment" and the heart (love, desire) has a tendency to 'overide the head' (aka practicality).
Love Songs are written to accentuate the potential for a "happy ending"....but as many of us already know....this doesn't always work IN THE REAL WORLD!
Pianoguy