Listen to Your Heart

we're too young, this is never gonna work, that's what they say, you're gonna get hurt, but I know something they don't

Its about halfway through the test. The questions have gradually gotten harder. You've narrowed the answer down between a & c. The clock is ticking & the first person turns in their test, putting more pressure on you. You're wasting time by trying to rationalize both of them. Finally you go with your gut & pick a. Two weeks later when you look at your test, you realize that you got that one agonizing question correct. & all based on your intuition.

That is my favorite test taking skill: using your gut. For being a control freak & super anal, I actually like the feeling of following my intuition & not planning or prepping for certain things in life.

One of the most agonizing things in my world is buying a book. I can walk into Barnes & Noble, pick out three books I really want, & walk out without any of them. That or spend about twenty minutes trying to figure out which one is worth buying. Another one is picking where I want to eat out. It's such a tough, important decision. What if that's not what you really wanted? Or what if you choose to go somewhere with notoriously bad service, but this time you're hoping it'll be different...& it's not?

Such are the small life choices a person has to make. My thoughts on them? Agonize, rationalize, & truly think about what you really want. Think through the consequences. What if you can get a better deal on headphones at Wal-Mart than Target, so you put it off until the next Target trip just to save two bucks. Worth it? Absolutely. You don't need those headphones right now, & what if, by chance something more important or amazing comes along in life?

this promise doesn't have to be so loud, just whisper, I could find you in a crowd, I think it's time we ran away

I was visiting Ball State for the first time. It was a massive Saturday Cardinal Preview day with a bunch of juniors & some seniors visiting. Walking around campus & hearing all these awesome things about BSU made me so excited to graduate high school & move onto bigger & better things in life. It was nothing specific really, but deep down I knew I had to go there & I knew that I would do whatever to make it happen.

That's a big, life-changing decision that I used my heart/gut/intuition/whatever to make. There is no way I could've sat there & rationalized & went through a whole thought process to figure it out. I knew what I wanted to do & that deep down it was supposed to happen.

That is definitely what I think about a lot of life decisions. Where I want to live, or the right job opportunity, or the sorority I want to be in, or the person I want to marry, or the house I want to buy. All those huge moments I will make because of some snap decision. Some things just are & you should listen to what your heart is saying before you over think it.

In a lot of situations I over think things. I freak out & try to be logical & list the pros & cons about this, that, & the other. Most of the time it is absolutely, positively, ridiculous about how much I think about things. In reality, all those things that are going through my mind should be based in listening to my heart & making those two-second snap decisions. Sometimes, it's ok to go with your emotions.

don't listen to the world, they said we're never gonna make it, but I know we'll make it

Change your style. Do something crazy. Ask that cute guy for his number. Set a ridiculously high goal for yourself & achieve it. Do something out of your comfort zone. Above all though, listen to your heart.

Here's to the heart.

Peace & love.

Sincerely,

Abigail.

don't listen to the voices in your head, love will never let us fall apart, you gotta listen to your heart