The Battle Between the Head and the Heart

The battle between what you know in your head and what you feel in your heart is something that everyone experiences at some point in life.

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Some will say it is the hardest battle.

I say, that’s okay. It can be hard and we can accept that.

But, it doesn’t have to be so hard that we are left frozen in indecisiveness. We do not have to break our own hearts or make bad decisions.

Sometimes our hearts speak what our minds cannot understand. There are times when we must listen to our hearts because our heart knows something our mind does not. It is in these times that we must follow our heart.

Sometimes our hearts are simply hurt by the reality that is and the reality that will never be. There are times when our hearts are broken and we must allow ourselves to grieve. These are the times when we we must give ourselves permission to be sad; the times when our pain is inevitable and we can choose to heal ourselves or to harm ourselves through this pain.

The great question is, how do we know when to listen to our heart and when to accept the pain of loss and grief? How do we know when following our heart will take us in a direction that will not serve our highest good?

Originally published on Holly Kellums

The truth is that our hearts will never guide us to self destruction.

But we don’t know the difference between when we are being asked to follow it and when we are avoiding pain.

At times we attempt to shield our hearts from pain when in reality, pain is not always a bad thing. Pain can bring you closer to yourself, make your heart stronger and heal your soul, if you allow it.

Pain shows you who you are, and more importantly, who you want to be.

Your heart actually needs pain to be a heart at all. Pain is a great teacher, a great healer and above all, a great lover.