How far do you go to follow your heart?

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Registered: 05-12-2003
How far do you go to follow your heart?
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Thu, 09-28-2006 - 8:18pm

Do you spare no expenses?

View all options and sides? Weigh pros & cons?

Lean toward the practicalities?

Never take any chances?

Other?

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 09-28-2006 - 9:17pm

As long as it's legal and no


~*~ Aloha to all .... ~*~

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 09-28-2006 - 9:59pm

Practicality wins out 99.9% of the time.

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Registered: 04-22-2003
Thu, 09-28-2006 - 11:27pm

Do you spare no expenses?


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Registered: 03-09-2001
Fri, 09-29-2006 - 12:20am

I'd say all of the above, at one time or another. In my aging process as Crone, I have become much more cautious. Too much experience and living makes me verrrry careful. Seen and done enough to see consequences and how they affect not only me, but those I love. And learned from others' as well. I'm not as open and trusting of others, or myself. I have worked on trusting my intuition but I also know I am susceptible to emotional manipulation by others as well as myself. And everyone is good at rationalization, to make pieces fit the way we want them to. Me included. But such forced fits always unravel in the end, I've found. I've grown a bit cynical, too. The hard part is not drumming magical beautiful experiences in life out my spirit. As my body stiffens and weakens, my sense of dancing with life, being open to it, does, too. :(

Gypsy



Blessings,

Gypsy

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Registered: 03-19-2002
Fri, 09-29-2006 - 12:53am
Once my heart rule and that I have at least a financial back up...nothing stops me, I've been intuitive all my life, and a total puzzle for my familly and friends, because who will one year decide she wants to be a doctor and succeed in branches she was weak at in school one year, to finally give it all up to drop out of highschool to do an apprenticeship as a decorator finding herself a "master" in 2 months. To then 1 year later declare she wants to live on her own and go flat hunting only 2 months in a city that normally ask you to flat hunt for at least 1 year before being accepted for one appartment. I saw one flat said : This is it went to the real estate filled an application and got it immediatley leaving my mom speechless as she was sure I was having a crazy moment, and that there was no chances I would get it anyway. Then I went to India. But all my life I seemed like a quiet, passive person who would not do anything unless pushed...and then suddenly would spring into action to aim bulls eye. What very few around me get is that I'm not lazy or passive or not interested, I just wait for the "right" moment, the right one being when my heart tells me so.








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Registered: 05-12-2003
Fri, 09-29-2006 - 3:46pm

One thing I've learned ... it's impossible to please everyone with a single decision. We can't please everyone at the same time, but in the long run they'll each benefit when they know the decision has the right intention.

-gnd-

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Registered: 04-22-2003
Fri, 09-29-2006 - 6:25pm

I agree.


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Registered: 01-31-2006
Fri, 09-29-2006 - 7:15pm

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Strange that you say that, Gypsy, because I have actually had this exact thought of you after reading some of your entries...."this is someone who has learned to dance through life!"

:-)

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Registered: 01-31-2006
Fri, 09-29-2006 - 7:24pm

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I did before I had 2 in college! now much more conservative. Well, they are my heart, so still sparing no expenses, lol...

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use heart and logic in decisions.

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again, half heart, half logic.

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Take risks that won't harm anyone else at times.

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Registered: 05-12-2003
Fri, 09-29-2006 - 9:14pm

"Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart." -- Basil Rathbone

I've had a few regrets that were so painful I promised myself I'd never put myself through those experiences ever again. Regret doesn't achieve much. It just prolongs pain. But in hindsight I'd rather regret having tried than not trying at all.

-gnd-

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