The Unknown

Sometimes, life throws more at you than you can manage.
What was once a priority loses its importance to something you know shouldn't be on your mind.
I find myself in that situation exactly.
My mind knows what's right.
I want nothing more than to listen to it.
In fact I do, but then the heart comes whispering.
It begins ever so softly.
You can almost ignore it if you'd like, but it's still there.
Then it grows to the point where there is no way to avoid the takeover.
From rational to emotional.
From the right path to the one that may be wrong, but you want to take ever so much, just to find out where it might lead.
Your heartbeat quickens and your thoughts start spinning.
There are constant butterflies, and not always the good ones.
You think of every possible situation, outcome, possibility, what is wrong, what is right.
Then the next minute you're fine again with the realization that if it's meant to be it will find its way.
I have remind myself of that more frequently than I'd like.
I believe in it wholeheartedly, but sometimes you want it to work faster.
It's hard to listen to your mind when your heart is taking you in the opposite direction.
The question is, who's to say your heart isn't the right voice to listen to?
I tend to like to follow my heart.
It's never steered me in the wrong direction, yet it has led to heartbreak.
But that's part of the lessons life teaches us.
My head tends to hold me back while my heart will take the leap.
However, sometimes you have to listen to both.
Risk and chance are scary games to play, but are involved on both sides.
I'm a hopeless romantic, so risk and chance are my favorites.
I also love when fate is involved.
Fate, it's a funny thing, and works in ways I'll never be able to begin to explain or understand,
but when it intervenes, I like to let it.
Not only that, but I find immense meaning in it.
A special sign from the universe.
Especially when it had been in your thoughts for longer than you'd care to share.
When it comes down to it, trust me, when fates hand graces the situation, don't dismiss it.
Revel in it, take in every moment, because you never know when the situation may arise again.
If you're lucky, you won't lose it.
But life isn't always fair like that, the answers aren't always so simple.
If fate has been involved once, I feel it's likely to happen again.
At least that is what I hold on to in my heart.
There are endless possiblities,
and I'm not afraid to take the leap into the unknown to find them.
This isthe time to explore, dream, and love with all your heart.
The time to take chances on things that seem crazy,
because you never know what will happen.
That alone makes it worththe risk to me,
the openness of such situations.
The person I am,
is always willing to try.
To try for something important, and continue a story that isn't quite over.
To turn a page anew in a direction that may not be perfect, but could be amazing.
To open my mind and heart to new things.
So take chances.
Go for the things you want.
If it doesn't work out, then it wasn't meant to be in the first place, and life goes on.
Enjoy it, revel in the experience and love.
Listen to your heart, it usually knows what it's talking about.
-K