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JustAThought … Listen to Your Heart

February 23, 2026•Just a thought, Self-development

This is quite interesting to think about. It is easily said, “listen to your heart”. But the consequences are mostly unpredictable and the outcome uncertain. When we decide between listening to the heart or the mind, we might have already reached a stage where facts don’t suffice anymore. Left is a picture in the heart that wants to be born into being. It is a calling, a burning that feels so real, even though there is no experience of it and therefore, no idea what might come along with it.

Listening to the heart may always mean taking a step into the unknown. Of course, acting according to the facts the mind has collected does not guarantee a predictable development either. It may be connected to lower risk, but it more or less mirrors what we already know and have done so far. Otherwise, we had no facts to collect.

I am a fairly rational person who values security. That’s why I have difficulties ending something I once started or starting something I have no experience with. Anyway, life taught me so many times the benefits of listening to my heart. Even though I am still careful with just stepping onto unknown ground, I trust my inner voice more and more. I learned that I only see and feel that picture inside of me, because it is meant to be explored. The important part about it is not about implementing it one-to-one. It is to start a journey and meet the many opportunities along the way that give us exactly what we were looking for, but did not know then.

Isn’t that what life is about? Not risking something for a good reason is completely ok, but not risking something only because we have no experience with it is an excuse. We can only learn from what we don’t know yet. It may be challenging, confusing, exhausting, and can take us to the edge of the bearable. But we live and develop. Sitting at home in front of the TV, laptop, or phone, and pretending to take part in life is an illusion. Some want something really badly, but the circumstances look like an impenetrable jungle, and they give up because “the circumstances don’t let them”. With that attitude, they remain sitting in front of their screen, doing a job they don’t want, and living in a relationship they are unhappy with.

If we don’t risk living, we will never find out what living means. An apparent certainty can never provide that. It just keeps us existing. And to be honest, what in this world is certain? As I  said before, I made the decision that I never want to look back and regret not taking a chance or not trying to make a dream possible because I was too afraid, or it was too risky or complicated. I recognized that people with a different attitude have not accompanied me for long.

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New experiences and change all bring new ways of living. Living isn’t just for the living; it’s life’s way of telling you that living has much more to offer you if you’re prepared to accept it.

Erika, this reminds me of the many bloggers who stopped blogging because WordPress changed. They came up with excuses rather than take up a challenge life gave them.

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That’s a good example, Hugh. Change is the only constant in life and accompanies us on the whole journey. The sooner we begin to accept change and apply it into our lives, the life we can fill our journey with! Thanks for the inspiration, Hugh!

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It is a powerful journey Erika, those early years of trying to do things with our minds until our hearts get stronger and begin to stand taller in the wisdom those many trips and stumbles share with us. It’s like the ego, that part of us trying to do it all the easy way, until we begin to trust, that age old manager of love.

And we finally open to our heart fully, with no longer a condition to affect its opening…and find that path clear. More peaceful, more in tune, more loving.

We start this journey ever looking for that love and happiness, ever denied us…simply because it felt like it was taken away in our childhood. But that search is the very thing that dares us to trust our hearts more and more, and be free in its discovery.

A great post kind lady, touching that path so we can see if we are there yet. Thank you for sharing what you’ve found 🤗❤️🙏

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Yes, in our childhood and youth we are taught to think… rather than to feel. So, our decisions become one-sided.

But I think we need both heart and mind as long we live in this physical world. But since we are in a physical world we tend to forget that there is more and we need to find back to our inner guidance to combine both. It is in learning to trust something we cannot measure which we are so used here. The heart tells us what waits for us and in determined connection with the mind we can achieve great things here.

Thank you very much for this inspiring comment, Mark 💖

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Erika, well said. I love this quote:

”Isn’t that what life is about? Not risking something for a good reason is completely ok, but not risking something only because we have no experience with it is an excuse.”

With new technologies evolving rather quickly, not having the experience is not uncommon. Yet, one of the key teachings we must embrace at an early age is not being afraid to learn.

I used to tell my kids when helping them with their math homework, if you don’t know how to begin to solve a problem, start by writing down what you do know. The act of doing leads you further down the path.

Keith

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So, that’s a good advice, Keith! As you said, it opens a path that leads you to options and possibly to solutions.

When I am afraid of something new, I am only afraid because I may not know enough. My job is a good example because it was a completely new field for me. I was constantly nervous and insecure, but when I grabbed the bull by the horns and tried to find out more, fear lost its sting.

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Exactly! Again, I can compar this with singing. You can be nervous before but when you are on stage there is only you and your passion! Yes, start doing and fear abates!

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Yes, indeed. Baby steps make the journey better to handle and successes are visible more quickly, which increases motivation.

“You don’t need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr. 

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You can follow your heart and or mind and see where it leads. It may or may not lead to where you want or hope but as you said at least you took the risk to find out. Experience gained nothing to regret.

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I love that line, “If we don’t risk living, we’ll never find out what living means…” So very true. The moments we grow and expand always follow stepping out onto the edge of the cliff and pausing to breathe. This is beautiful and may we all lead with our hearts, not our minds!

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Thank you, Jan. I think I’ll make a quote of that sentence… hehe. How can the mind know what the heart brought along from a different sphere, right? Taking risks is not really my thing, but I learned to listen to my heart and know when it is the right time to trust it. And then, the mind supports the journey!

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I believe ………..

That the heart and the mind are the perfect team (sometimes referred to as “the head and the heart”) in that the heart is the risk taking/creative influence while the mind is the calculating/logistical side.

To live ones life solely within the confines of the mind (i.e. stay on one road and take no risks) is a formula for reaching ones later years with sad reflections such as “I wish I had …………..” or “I wonder if I could have ever ……………” (or similar).

To live ones life dictated solely by the heart (i.e. ignore any rationale that might suggest restraint) is a recipe for disaster.

The heart and the mind are a team and, if we listen to that team, we can step outside of our perceived comfort zone with a good chance of being pleased with the outcome.

I cannot think of any achievement in the history of our species that did not involve somebody pushing the boundaries of their life perspectives. At a personal level, I can recall many circumstances where a degree of unknown was prevalent, but my “team” was telling me to go for it regardless.

Great message Erika. I can predict that when you reach those “senior” years, you will be reflecting back with a happy/contented smile on your face. 🙂

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I like that you refer to the heart and mind as a team. Because that is what we need to achieve in this physical world. It is a physical world and needs physical tools which the mind is. If we only let the heart make us fly off, we lost the ground beneath our feet which (you said above) would lead to disaster. It needs both and I like your examples in the beginning of your comment that neither the heart nor the mind alone can achieve results we are content about. I already wrote a post where I mentioned it again that not trying is worse than “making the experience” that something does not work out as desired.

Haha, you know me, Colin. Yes, I am already looking forward to looking back and thinking: Yes, I did it or at least, I tried it! I did not give in, nor did I back off.

Thank you, Colin! Let’s train our teams to work together!

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