Follow Your Heart

Why is it that this simple directive "Follow Your Hear" gets way-laid, side-stepped,  misplaced, trampled on,  deliberately kicked or carelessly tossed aside? 

Did we become complacent? Forgetfull? Lazy? 

Did we just forget to pay attention as we got caught up in the daily minutia of making meals, getting laundry done, walking dogs, getting kids off to school and ourselves off to work; juggling mowing the lawn with grocery shopping,  getting together with girlfriends,  going to the gym three days a week, and checking that homework assignments get done? 

Did we start with one plan and forget to factor in that some things change with time? 

Jobs become obsolete.  Kids grow up.  We get old ...er.  If we've been paying attention all along,  we manage to stay close to what we fell in love with such a long time ago.  Not just "what" but "who."

The "what we love" is the easy part.  Books. The ocean.  Twilight.  Being physically fit.  Road trips.   Camp fires.  The Adirondacks in August.

The "who,"  family and friends,  husbands, wives,  lovers, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, grandparents, neighbors ... is what makes our hearts sing and sometimes splinters it into so many pieces that we despair of ever breathing normally again.

Sometimes, those broken pieces can be reconfigured into a banadaged heart that beats just a little stronger.  And, in time,  when we take those bandages off,  we can smile at the scar because it's healed the hurt places.

So, to all my blogger friends who have slammed into unimaginable sorrow and hold the pieces of their hearts in paint-spattered hands,  hold fast to what you know and follow your heart. 

 

 

 

Comments

[Barbara]

Such a beautiful, inspirational post, Kathy. There are lots of bloggers going through some tough times right now, aren't there?

[Kathy]

Thanks for your commment, Barb and you're right about this. What amazes and humbles me is the outpouring of love and empathy that readers provide when they know...My post came after I'd done some catching up of my own on the Creative Junkie blog - you can find it on my blog roll. She is (by far) one of the most talented, hilarious writers I've come across - and she's local to me.