My heart and head are at loggerheads once again
with each other.
If they think it is funny to mess around with my
thought process, their sense of humour leaves a lot to be desired. Quite
frankly, it is in bad taste and I am just not amused.
It really drives me round the bend and I can never
fathom how they staunchly agree to disagree every time I have to make a serious
decision.
More often than not though, my heart’s decision,
overrides logic, much to the chagrin of my head.
For as long as I can remember, my heart has ruled
my head, in regard to friendships, relationships, career choices and most
definitely when it came to love.
In the bargain I endured many emotional upheavals
and realised, a bit too late, that I had made a wrong decision, based on the
‘heart’ of the moment, so to speak!
However, at the time, my heart knew what I wanted
and what would make me most happy.
I have to admit rather sheepishly though, that my
head knows what is best for me, but I would rather have something that makes me
happy than something that is good for me.
When it comes to love, can anything be more
romantic than listening and following through with a decision, after listening
to your heart.
Emotions, after all, are just as powerful as our
instincts and sometimes, they do have their way of guiding us to the right
direction.
It has been said that the reason why your brain is
placed above your heart is because you need to use it first before you let
emotions get the best of you.
While
listening to the heart and following your emotions is good, it can also be a
problem.
If you
always rely on your heart to give you the answers that you need, you are also
more vulnerable to making wrong decisions.
Emotions are almost always driven by what we want.
People see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear and feel what
they want to feel.
Seriously though, it wouldn’t hurt to think things
through before you make decisions, because the head controls your judgement.
If my head was to rule my heart, I would be able to think more logically
than emotionally but I just don’t function that way.
Maybe the best thing would be to use both my head
and heart, given that I have been blessed with both, so it seems rather a waste not to use them.
Why then, despite my share of disappointments and
heartache, am I none the wiser?
Why do I always rely more on the emotions of my
heart, rather than the practical and logical explanations of my head?
It is probably because I am and always will be a
hopeless romantic.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not oblivious to the stark
realities of the world around me, but I opt to cocoon myself in my own little
world.
I am a day dreamer with dazzling stars in my eyes
and a song in my heart and I truly believe in the power of my dreams.
I spin dreams that give my life meaning and purpose
and make me happy, because without them life would be reduced to a hollow
existence.
I am also well aware based on past experiences that
I should tread with caution now, weigh the pros and cons, but knowing me, I will in all likelihood, still listen to the yearnings
of my heart.
As novelist Paulo Coelho aptly said:
“Listen to your heart. Because, wherever your
heart is, that is where you'll find your treasure."
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