Since I appear to be following a theme of ‘choices’ with my hard road/easy road and left brain/right brain posts I thought I’d finish with a heart/head post and then move on to something lighter (in keeping with the theme of this blog).
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Ok, so here’s the thing: what’s the go with the head saying one thing and the heart saying another? Decisions are hard enough to make when you have to wade through other people’s opinions and a plethora of external influences without our own bodies putting us through the ringer as well.
How are you supposed to decide whether to follow your heart or your head or even a combination of the two? When it comes down to it, making a decision is just a process. We do it every day. Some decisions are easy and don’t pose a threat to our happiness and wellbeing while other decisions have the power to change the course of our lives forever. Making a decision should be as easy as knowing the facts, choosing a course of action, and then acting on it. But it’s not. The facts are clear and obvious in your mind but your feelings and emotions make everything so much harder.
To make matters worse, every decision is different. Some decisions benefit from clear thinking. Other decisions need us to consider our core values and beliefs. Others are a combination of the two. It comes down to what feels or thinks ‘right’. Sometimes the heart needs help from the head (blind or unrequited love, stress, trauma, loss) and sometimes the head needs help from the heart (legal, political, education, community, interpersonal connections).
However when it comes to global decisions my vote goes for heart-based decisions – or less head and more heart at the very least. Sure, I’m a woman and I’m right-brain dominant so you would expect me to say that, I guess. But hear me out, all you men and left-brain dominant people. In this age of excess, speed and aggression, where getting ahead is measured in dollars and status, maybe it’s time we reacquainted ourselves with a milder and more heartfelt approach to saving the world. Maybe to reach the next level of human ‘progress’ we must embrace affection and awareness as much – if not more – than knowledge and skill. Maybe our emotionally-anaesthetised leaders who are held in such high esteem for their strength of mind and ruthless determination to keep the economy thriving at all costs need to step aside and let folks who are more connected and intuitive step up to the plate. Then we can make worldly decisions based on love, peace, nurturing and equality. It may sound like hippie garbage but it just may be the change the world needs right now.
So my vote to save the world goes to the heart [insert applause and big red heart walks on stage crying tears of joy].
Bring it on, I say. Let’s all switch off our minds, don a kaftan and get down and groovy with some luuurvin.
I’ll leave you with a song to get stuck in your head (you’re welcome):
Peace and luv, bruddas and sistas xx
Tracey
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