Follow your heart, but.

Follow Your Heart, BUT...

I saw this quote today 'Follow your Heart, but Take Your Brain with You'.

So I just got thinking about this in terms of our health and wellness. I will have to do more research, but we sometimes just get swept up with new ideas, thoughts, trends that we leave our brain behind.

Oh it is wonderful to be passionate about one thing or another, but don't forget to think.

The thing is we do think, but we don't think it all the way thru to the very end, and that gets us as a society into so much trouble. Follow your heart, maybe do some good, be some good, but think what your about to venture out on all the way thru to the very end.

So the great thing is we all need the tools to survive our heart and our thoughts!.

Our thoughts can rule our heart, our heart can rule our thoughts, but it doesn't have to be a catch 22.

Thoughts

So our thoughts are something that can help or hinder us. We always hear the power of positive thinking. And trust me I know how difficult that is! There is always a little negative Ned or Nellie sitting on your shoulder talking in your ear!

What can we do about these little beings Negetive Ned and Negetive Nellie? For me I just give myself a little pep talk and find at least one thing I am thankful for. Since I have a wonderful husband and 4 fantastic children and ten terrific grandchildren finding something to be thankful for in the moment is not hard.

I read yesterday that Thankfulness is a key to living longer!

Heart

I love the saying the 'Heart in me is the part in me that knows right from wrong'.

So back to the very beginning of this post, the heart knows, but the brain can and does over ride because it is based on logic, and reason and everything else. So here is the whole crux of the matter we need both our brain and our heart to work together so we can function in this world.

Here is to keeping both the heart and mind healthy.