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It can be exceedingly difficult to know whether it’s your ego or your heart telling you what to do sometimes. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve dillied dallied because I wasn’t sure whether or not to go forward with a particular decision I needed to make.

Like the time when I received an opportunity to speak in front of a group of blue collar workers. In my mind, I imagined a bunch of rough men who work out on the fields, dealing with all kinds of adversity including but not limited to adverse weather, irate clients, projects that go overtime and so forth.

What could I say to these men that would inspire them? I imagined them as hardened, no nonsense kind of guys. That’s when fear gripped me.

The problem was I somehow knew I was capable of taking on this gig but I couldn’t tell if it was coming directly from my heart or not. Fear had taken over by that point and everything blurred.

In the end, I took the gig and was glad for it.

One thing I’ve learned in life is that everyone has a certain mission to carry out and none of us know what the other is supposed to do.

So, yes, following your heart can be a painful thing but based on my experience, it’s usually right on target. All I can say is that trusting your heart is a trial by error kind of thing. There’s always divine confirmation if we are open to hearing, seeing or feeling them. Each of us has a different way of receiving divine confirmation. For me it happens in the stomach region. I usually feel something down there and over time, I’ve learned to trust it.

But it’s taken a long time for that to happen.

Bottom line? Your heart “knows.” No one else.

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