The Mighty Heart

My mighty heart was out to prove that it had courage. My heart wanted to prove that it could beat on its own, that it had strength so formidable that it could bare a power, which would only be shown if I allowed. This plucked my interest immediately. I was always aware of how significant my heart was. I always knew as long as it continued to beat, and it kept the constant flow of blood moving throughout my veins, I would be alive. I also knew that it was my heart that holds all that is my love, compassion and pain. I did not know it for all its potential though. I have always been very guarded leaving my heart very limited. Through all of my experiences of matters that dealt with my heart I have noticed how resilient it was. This heart knows how to pick up right where it was left and to keep on beating. As it pumped blood through my veins of a heated passion I could feel how strongly it had a need to show all that it was capable of. I had trusted in my heart.

My heart skipped a beat and jumped. My heart fluttered and leapt up out of my chest, and I allowed myself to take that chance. I let it take the lead, and with this bold decision I learned a valuable lesson:


The problem with allowing your heart to lead the way in life came down to the most obvious set back. It stuck out like a sore thumb, yet I somehow overlooked it. The element that makes the heart so significant later had become its own downfall in the end. The heart approaches every situation based on emotion. Draped like an ornament right around my sleeve, my heart showed everything I was feeling. I Did things I would never have thought of, and that was exactly the biggest con of using my heart solely. I was doing things I never thought of! I allowed my heart to lead me in my actions and decisions. I had set aside my brain as a secondary tool; a backup plan. I wasn't thinking. I wasn't using the powerful and knowledgeable brain I had so often relied on in the past. Without the brain and it's conscience to no longer filter out and monitor the things that I say or do I was, as you can so eloquently put it, an emotional wreck. It wasn't long before I found myself and the one to blame, my heart, knee deep in too much trouble.

The heart is often responsible for many thoughtless actions such as a lustful affair with a married someone, or telling a person how you really feel. (This isn’t always such a great idea I came to find out later.) Last but definitely not least, the heart manages to almost always get involved into situations you have nothing to do with because it tends to care too much. The heart is not mindful! My heart can be a tad bit boisterous at times. It holds nothing back.

See the heart doesn't think. The heart feels. The heart is a risk taker, a spontaneous vessel in which you never know what it’s set out to do next. The heart is a powerful entity that needs to be controlled; Limited. It tends to look over all consequences when it makes these emotionally driven decisions that can lead to trouble.

I run into plenty of people who live their lives this way, making decisions from the heart solely. I have learned though to make a well thought out conscientious decision in your life it involves a combination of things. You must use your brain. While your heart acts out of pure emotion, basing life off of feeling, your brain is the logic. The brain is that bright light of clarity that brings everything into perspective and would tell you when your heart is acting out. You must trust what you know! Then there is your trusty intuition. Always follow your intuition. Your intuition is like the humans 6th sense. I have wormed my way out of a few situations following my first intuition. If I don’t feel right about something it’s not happening. The body just knows certain things. Always keep a clean ear to listen to your conscience when it speaks to you. Every mentally healthy human being knows their rights from wrongs.

The heart can so often be fickle, and fast moving. It starts getting your blood pumping and you are off, it’s just automatic. It has proven itself to be a force to be reckoned with for sure, but with control, using the other elements I discussed previously, the hearts full potential is limited. The heart is quick to make decisions based on feeling, but we all know we can't always go by just our feelings alone. What a selfish and chaotic world we would live in. There would be a huge spike in menaces to the society, and people will do whatever it is they want to do, just for the simplistic and idiotic reason of them feeling like it.

My advice, before you take that jump, before you take that leap and before you do what it is that your heart tells you, think with your brain. Go over all consequences before you make that quick impulsive decision with your heart. Also a life isn’t a life with a couple risks. It’s up to that person to figure out how much that risk will cost you, and if you can handle the outcome.

In most cases, if not all, you have to choose your smarts over a spark. Don't let others make you think otherwise.

Live your life-logically thinking.