Listen To Your Heart And Play Your Music

"When you are born, your work and your music are placed in your heart." -Kahlil Gibran

I want you to stop and point to yourself. Now look at where you pointed. Your finger (most likely) is pointing right at your hear...this is who you are. The constant beating of your heart is a symbol of your infinite connection to everything that surrounds you.

Your left brain calculates, figures things out, analyzes, and comes up with the most logical choices for you. It thinks, thinks, thinks. Your right brain represents your intuitive side. This is the part of you that goes beyond reason and analysis. It's the part that feels things, that sensitive to love, that's emotional about what's important to you. Your right brain allows you to tear up when you see a sad movie or bask in the beauty of a glorious day. So in a nutshell, your left brain can analyze it, while your right brain lets you feel it.

So do you know how you would respond to a certain situation in your life? Which is most important to you, what you know or what you feel. Generally, what we take care of first depends on the situation and circumstances that we are in. Your logical side can be figuring out exactly how you are supposed to act in a relationship when things are collapsing, and then again, there are times when what you feel will supersede what you know. Understand that if you are feeling fearful, scared, lonely; or on the other hand, thrilled, loved, an ecstatic, these will be dominant forces you'll act upon...and these are the times when your right brain is right. Remember, that your right brain will always lead you passionately to your purpose.

You must believe that there's an intuitive, invisible presence that is always with you. It is funny but I see this presence inside me as a little nagging creature that keeps reminding me when I have lost my sense of purpose. This little guy is in all of us and he is so important because he is our daily reminder who urges us to get on with what we showed up here for (our purpose in life/living it out the way your heart urges you to) because we won't be here forever and we aren't promised tomorrow. Your invisible companion may be nagging but he is helping you...he will prod you when you're spending another day doing what somebody else has dictated if it's not a part of your passion in life.

Nine out of ten times, you will know when you're off purpose because of your thoughts of frustration. What is difficult for many of us is that we might not always act on this knowledge, because our left brain has not mustered up the courage to do the bidding that our right brain knows is our destiny. Our intuitive inner voice keeps urging us to play the music that we hear so that we won't die with it inside us. While, our left brain says, "Wait a minute. Be careful, don't take risks, you might fail, you might disappoint all of those who have a different view of what you should be doing." But then our right brain (invisible companion) speaks even louder by turning up the volume...trying to get us to FOLLOW OUR DREAM.

Unfortunately many of us tend to listen exclusively to our left brain, which will ultimately turn us into pretenders, or even worse, commuters...getting up every morning going with the crowd, doing THAT JOB that brings in the money and pays the bills; and getting up the next morning and doing it all over again. How many of you feel like this is what your life consists of ? The music inside of you fades almost to point of being inaudible...but, on the other hand, that constant companion always hears the music and continues tapping you on your shoulder. How many of you know what I am talking about?

As individuals, we tend to be set in our ways and we can be so hard-headed...we feel that constant nagging reminder but we never truly apply it to our lives unless something serious occurs. The attempts to get your attention may take the form of an ulcer, or a fire to burn up your resistance, or being fired from a stifling job, or being brought to your knees with an accident. Usually these accidents, illnesses, back luck situations will get your attention...BUT NOT ALWAYS. You don't have to choose the fate like Tolstoy's character Ivan Ilyich who stated, "What if my whole life has been wrong?" Don't forget, you have the key to everything...you can press that play button at anytime.

Listen and express the music that you hear...most importantly, ignore what everyone else around you thinks you should be doing. You must be willing to accept that others may see you as having betrayed them, but you must embrace the fact that you haven't betrayed YOUR MUSIC...YOUR PURPOSE. Listen to your music, and do what you know you have to do to feel whole, to feel complete, and to feel as if you're fulfilling YOUR DESTINY.

You will never be at peace if you don't get that music out and LET IT PLAY. Let the world know why you are here, and DO IT WITH PASSION!