What does your heart say?

When it comes time to making a decision, this is the one piece of advice often given. Other variations include

“Listen to your heart.”

“Follow your heart.”

“Let your heart guide you.”

I fear this may be flawed advice.

When our heart, (or gut, or intuition) kicks in, it’s because we are unsettled. The idea we can just listen to it and come to peace knowing we did the right may not be correct.

If our heart is unsettled, we have to ask why. Why is this causing me so much strife?

After all, we want to be able to trust our own intuition which has served humanity well for tens of thousands of years.

But knowing the right path could sometimes translate into following the most comfortable one. Simply, our heart will always fear the unknown.

And in some instances, it may fight against the difficult.

You want to be able to lead your heart.

In the same way a person trains endlessly so they can make the right decisions when the event happens (e.g. paramedics), you want your heart to be prepared.

The Spartan soldiers would train so hard that war actually felt like a vacation from their training. The battlefield felt familiar and that’s what made them fearless warriors.

How often do we lead our heart every day in the same way?

It’s the most precious gift you can offer the world and just following it might lead to more disappointments than peace.

Finding peace in your heart with every decision starts with filling it with peace every day.