is the heart always right?

I'm living in a new space for myself - one where I'm allowing myself to not just hear my heart and listen but allow it to outweigh my head. I guess it's not completely new but it's new for me in the romance department. I think before I always thought my way through my feelings if that makes any sense. And I'm not sure I knew the difference until now - when my heart is really speaking to me in a way that I can't even question. It just feels right even if there's reason for it to be wrong.

This is prompting me to consider other times in my life when I've made big, bold moves and how I was able to know those were right. I guess I'm not sure I ever "knew" I just felt compelled to do them. And in the end, after my thought process (there I go again - was much more of a thinking exercise than feeling) I decided: what's really the worst that could happen? And whatever that answer was, I knew I could survive it, so I moved forward with my plans.

I guess when it comes to matters of the heart our instinct is to protect, because as most of us know, a broken heart does not feel good AT ALL. And in looking back over the last 5 years when my heart was broken into one million pieces by the loss of my mom, I never ever thought I'd feel the way I feel today. Not just healed, but inspired, fulfilled, thriving, and ready for more. And so there's a part of me that knows if I survived that - the darkest chapter of my life - I can survive anything. I have the ability to sit in pure, raw vulnerability, learn and grow from it and in the end cultivate resilience for a life even more wholehearted then it was before. That's a pretty big thing to recognize in one self and I'm grateful to be able to reflect on that and know it's true for me.

So with that as a backdrop - I feel like I'm showing up to more areas of my life even more vulnerable and courageous than I ever have - especially when it comes to love. And while it's scary as all hell because there are no guarantees - especially when there is another person in the equation - it also feels exhilarating and peaceful all at the same time. For maybe the first time ever I'm not holding back and I feel quite grounded about it. Because I'm choosing to trust my heart.

So in the end - is the heart always right? Who really knows but if you're lucky enough to feel yours, hear yours and trust yours - how can it be wrong?