• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Intuitive KB

Begin Within

  • About
  • Book a Reading
  • YouTube
  • Etsy Shop
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • TikTok
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

Take the Path With Heart

January 14, 2010 By KB Leave a Comment

“The heart knows reasons
that reason cannot know.”
~ Blaise Pascal

When it comes to making decisions in Life, there are really only two choices at stake: following the logic in your head, or following the wisdom of your heart.

People who make logical decisions weigh their options carefully and act out all possible future scenarios in their heads. Massive amounts of time and energy are consumed as they try their best to arrive at an answer that makes the most sense. They succumb to external input from family, friends, the media and their culture rather than tuning into their own intuition. In the end, they are “satisfied” with their decision, but they never fully rid themselves of the nagging feeling that somehow things could have been better or different.

People who make decisions from the heart throw logic out the window. They leave behind the pros and cons and stay centered in the present moment to make their decisions instead of engulfing themselves with worry about their future. Their decision might not make 100% sense to them, but they trust it anyway. They don’t care what other people think because they know that their intuition is tapped into the highest good for all.  In the end, a decision made from the head results in security. But a decision made from the heart results in fulfillment.

A few years ago I faced a major “head versus heart” decision when I kept getting the nagging feeling to quit my job in order to focus on my home based business. At first I ignored my intuition, not wanting to give up the security of a regular paycheck. Using logic, I kept convincing myself that I didn’t really have the skills to make a living as an entrepreneur.

I ignored the voice until it eventually expanded from a whisper to a shout. After 6 months of gagging my gut instinct, I was exhausted, depressed, underweight and confused. My doctor encouraged me to take a temporary leave from work but three months later, I quit my job entirely and followed my instincts.

The day I quit my job felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Of course I was still terrified about the insecurity that came with being your own boss. But deep inside I knew I had made the right decision, and there was a silence in my mind I had never experienced before. What I was feeling was the relief that comes when you make a decision to follow your heart.

The reason we hesitate to follow our hearts is because we know it’s a path that requires that we face our deepest fears. Fear of abandonment, fear of loss, fear of failure, and fear of unworthiness are universal fears that every human experiences. But real joy only comes from living in alignment with the highest possibility for your life, which goes hand in hand with courage. You’ll never receive the rewards that come from following a heart-centered life if you’re stuck making decisions from a place of fear and insecurity.

If you decide to follow the path with heart, it’s essential that you become aware of all the ways your logical mind will try to regain control of your actions. One of the biggest culprits is distraction. Obsessive eating, shopping, working and most of all, compulsive thinking are all examples of addictive behaviors that aim to distract you from the wisdom of your heart. After all, if you’re continually preoccupied with the voice in your head or on a hunt for gratification in the external world, you’ll never have time or energy left over to pay attention to your internal world.

Following your heart requires that you set aside time to listen to it. I find that taking a few minutes in the early morning to “tune in” before my logical mind is awake is of the best ways of tapping into my intuition. I often make notes because when I return to them at a later time, it’s easy to see that the wisdom coming through was much more powerful than anything my head would ever dream up.

It’s been over three years since I quit my job and guess what? I’m still alive! My business is thriving and in terms of my “career”, I feel joyful, grateful, free, and fulfilled. There have been ups and downs along the way, but I never have regretted my decision for a second.

Following the heart is a practice as well as an ongoing process, but it’s an adventure that is always worth it.

Filed Under: Life, Spirituality Tagged With: ancient wisdom, awakening, awakening intuition, emotional guidance system, follow the heart, follow your heart, heart, heart wisdom, inner guidance, inner guidance system, instinct, intuition, intuitive, mystical, path of the heart, psychic, psychic intuition, spiritual wisdom, wisdom

Previous Post: « There Are No “Failed Relationships”
Next Post: Make a Not-To-Do List »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Martijn Linssen

    January 14, 2010 at 11:43 pm

    Tnx Karen,

    I met you on Twitter a few weeks ago, have become increasingly drawn into and at your tweets. Loved your Revolver post, excellent

    I agree with everything you say, hence I have nothing to say. But I just want to say that I love what you’re saying, and am listening and reading

    Love,

    Martijn

    Reply
  2. kb

    January 14, 2010 at 11:57 pm

    Thanks so much Martijn; it’s very encouraging to have readers who relate to what I have to say.

    Follow your heart!

    ~xo
    kb

    Reply
  3. Andre

    January 15, 2010 at 3:17 am

    Thank you for this post KB. Exactly what I needed to hear at this moment… Like Martijn above, I love the message you’re sharing with the world. I am listening.

    A sincere smile from my heart to yours,
    Andre

    Reply
  4. Jan

    January 17, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    Hi Karen:

    Keep following the path of your heart.

    Love Jan

    Reply
  5. Oscar - freestyle mind

    January 19, 2010 at 12:24 pm

    Great post. I think that t doesn’t matter how difficult a decision may seem from outside if you are following your heart. Our inner self can provide a lot of energy to do everything if we have enough motivation.

    Reply
  6. girl startup

    January 23, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    Beautifully said. It’s true following the heart takes a lot of guts and needs us to face our fears, which is hard thing to do indeed.

    Thanks for that uplifting post 🙂

    Reply
  7. girl startup

    March 3, 2010 at 1:23 pm

    I really liked this post as well. Nicely put.

    It’s a hard path to follow, but one I have found to be very rewarding.

    I too feel free and very happy. I love the fact that I can take a walk outside and breath in fresh air. Each time I do that I tell myself how lucky I am, to have taken a risk and let go of working the corporate life.

    I remember my friend who I was working with at the time, said come work with me at my new workplace and all I kept saying to him was, “no this is not my path anymore, there’s something else for me, all this doesn’t align with who I am and I don’t feel right following it anymore”.

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Words of Wisdom for Inner Peace by KB » Blog Archive » Steve Pavlina’s Conscious Growth Workshop Pt. 2 says:
    February 6, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    […] On the other hand, the “foggy” people fed their power to excuses or weren’t sure what they really wanted in life. They allowed their doubts to overshadow their talents and didn’t seem ready to face the fears that come along with following the path with heart. […]

    Reply
  2. Health, Wealth, and Happiness » Blog Archive » Positive Peer Pressure says:
    September 20, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    […] For example, lately I’ve been spending a great deal of time hanging out with two of my favorite people, Mindy and Marty. Mindy is a gifted yoga teacher who owns her own studio. Marty is an enthusiastic health expert who owns his own personal training business. Mindy and Marty are healthy, happy, motivated, successful, passionate entrepreneurs. They are both vegetarians who care about the health of other people and the planet. They are kindred spirits, each following the path of their heart. […]

    Reply
  3. Health, Wealth, and Happiness » Blog Archive » The Courage to Let Go says:
    October 30, 2010 at 8:49 am

    […] The phrase, “what the hell am I doing” comes to mind, as it often does when one treads the path with heart. I have no doubt that I made the right decision, but I still feel the grief that comes with letting […]

    Reply
  4. Harness Your Awesomeness by KB » Blog Archive » Why Do You Do What You Do? says:
    November 11, 2010 at 3:19 pm

    […] relationship if that’s what you truly want. I’m here to give you a high five if that’s your path with heart. What I am saying, is that nothing in the external world can make you happy or fulfilled if […]

    Reply
  5. Harness Your Awesomeness by KB » Blog Archive » Quitters Always Win says:
    November 11, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    […] doesn’t mean you abandon the POSE for good; you keep practicing. But by following the path with heart you set the conditions that will eventually create the highest expression of yourself in your […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

About Me

Hey I'm Karen - an intuitive counselor, clairvoyant and spiritual medium from Ontario, Canada. I offer spiritual guidance + intuitive readings to clients all over the world via Zoom. More About Me...

Recent Pins

TAP

Footer


  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • TikTok
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

About Me

Hey I'm Karen - an intuitive counselor, clairvoyant and spiritual medium from Ontario, Canada. I offer spiritual guidance + intuitive readings to clients all over the world via Zoom. Learn More…

Recent Posts

How To Forgive

How to Find True Love

Empath Problems

Copyright © 2023 · Foodie Pro Theme On The Genesis Framework | Terms & Privacy Policy