Introvert

Know your Heart?

Do you know your heart? Do you follow your heart? Or does your head win out? At least once a week I see profile of a successful person; usually printed in the business section. And almost without fail when asked “what helped make you so successful?”, they answer, “I followed my heart, I’m passionate about what I do, I’d do this even if I wasn’t paid.”

This bothers me - for so long I;ve done the “have-to-do” - that I’m not even sure what my heart is. How many of you are like me - you’ve always done the “responsible” thing. You’ve toed the line, took the serious approach, did what you were supposed to and were a very responsible person.

I’m concerned that I’ve done the “right” thing for so long that I may not be able to recover my “dream” or even be sure I ever had a dream. Now I make the house note, the car note, the utility bill and any other bill that comes in. I sit and wonder what I would do if I followed my heart - but when you are a responsible person you realize that it might be foolish to spend time wondering in that way.

I don’t have any answers here - just questions.

If you are young, I might suggest that you do not let life’s responsibilities fence you in too early. Test your heart; try to live life from that which makes your heart sing. Once you start down the ‘responsible road’ you may find that it’s a limited access highway with very few exits.