Is it more important to follow your heart than your head?

Question

I'm one of those people who are always trying to love the reasonable thing, and construct a thousand arguments in their favour in my head.
And then some object of ooold desires comes along, and all that reasonable crap loses its meaning.

Like, I truly believe my little Mitsubishi is the best possible car for me. But right now, there is a beautiful 1971 Pontiac Trans Am parked in the neighbour's driveway, and man, does it ever do things to my emotions.

And I don't care it's a V8 and consumes five times as much as my car. I want one.

Would I be happier if I gave in?

Hmm... it looks like this... trying hard to be wise right now...
;-)
http://www.pontiacpower.net/pictures/71ta1.jpg

Answer 1

"A man who is ruled by his emotions attempts to be virtuous and rational, but may be overwhelmed by his passions."

Answer 2

Think of every fact that comes with each of the cars. Every fact. Don't leave out a single thing. Write them down. Then part them in pro buying a Trans Am and contra doing so. If there are more facts on the contra side, you can be quite sure, that you wouldn't be happy in the long run if you went and bought it anyway.
As I believe, the only facts on the pro side will be things like: "It looks great" and "I wanted one since I was five" while on the contra side you will find things like: "needs far more fuel", "insurance more expensive", "less room in the boot", "more likely to need a repair soon", which leads to "spare parts might be hard to get", and so on...
Make that list complete, sleep a night over it, and then choose. By head AND heart, it will be the right decision.

Answer 3

I think you'd be happier, but only for a limited time, and you all ready answered your own question. "I truly believe that my little Mitsubishi is the best possible car for me".

We make most of our decisions emotionally. Up to 80% of them. I mean why else would anybody buy anything but the car that would functionally do what you want it to, or a 5,000 sq ft house when 2,000 would do fine. A car gets you from here to there, period. But making decisions by emotion isn't a bad thing, it's the norm. You have to figure out why this car emotionally reves your engine. Then weigh that against all the other things that come with the car. Like that it's old, will it last or will you being fixing it monthly. Gas prices are going to hit 4.00 per gallon from the looks of things next summer.

But if you've got the money...go for it. But maybe you could rent something like it and go for a weekend getaway.

Answer 4

That's a good question?
Although we have to make some very important decisions withour head. The heart can be guided into doing the right thing.
Because I believe the heart of a man or woman is in the inner
most part of us. So to answer your question?
Your head is telling you that you must have the other car. But
what is the inner most part of you saying?
If you have the means to get it and it will bless you ,why not?
Hope this helps!

Answer 5

If you are a wise person, your heart and your head will be in harmony and there won't be any conflict.

You may be happier in the short term, maybe even in the long term, but ultimately there will come a point where you will have to decide if you did in fact make a wise choice. Indulgence is fine in moderation, but to live your life in that way is foolish and potentially destructive.

Answer 6

As stated in ''Conversation with God'' by Neil Donald Walsh, ''you should always go by your feelings.'' So follow your heart.
Talk to the person with the 1971 Pontiac Trans Am and he or she might be willing to trade their vehicle for yours...p.s. your little Mitsubishi might be doing things to his or her emotions.

Answer 7

Remember the ten commandments?
The tenth one tells us not to covet our neighbours house, nor shall we covet our neighbour's wife or his servants, 'male' or 'female' or his ox or his donkey (read 1971 Pontiac Trans Am here) or anything that is your neighbours.
Now see what happens when you don't pay attention? You're all worked up over something that's not yours.
Just go out and buy one. Leave your neighbours donkey alone.

Answer 8

I think it's more important to get a balance. I never trust my heart and my head is a bit skew whiff. I think it's better where the heart is concerned to trust my head with the big decisions. However I also think we are here for a very short time.

Sometimes it's better to trust someone else's head where your heart is concerned.

Answer 9

follow your heart as long as it wont have a negative effect in the future. guilty pleasures are fine as long as there are no strings attached. eg. with the car you find the constant need to fill petrol pricey

Answer 10

ich bin sehr emotional. das heißt ich höre eigentlich nur auf mein herz. mit meinem kopf habe ich, was entscheidungen betrifft nur probleme gehabt. unser wille ist nichts wert. nur der wille gottes zählt. und der kommt aus dem herzen bzw. der seele. den die seele ist das tor zu unserer himmlischen heimat.