If you have to make a crucial decision, are you more likely to be influenced by

United States
May 10, 2007 2:48pm CST
your head or your heart? Have you ever regretted listening to one over the other?
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10 May 07
Its always my heart, which can sometimes be the wrong move, but at the time it always seems the right one. I do get overwhelmed very quickly and my emotions take over and rash decisions are made. I do envy people who are more rational sometimes as they hold back and weigh things up before making a final decision. But then again I wouldn't have my gorgeous daughter if I had thought with my head. I met her dad and only 4 months later I had a real urge to have a baby, so we decided to have one. Luckily things have worked out and she is 17 yrs old and I am still with her dad. I did not think about it not working and ending up a single parent. Sometimes I can be too impulsive, but at least it adds a bit of spice to my life and I have many happy memories as well as a few embarrassing ones.
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• United States
27 Jun 07
Sometimes bad choices/mistakes/painful things do bring us beautiful and good things.
@freak369 (5113)
• United States
10 May 07
I think every person can say yes to that. I know I have. You can't go back and change things because even the smallest change could mean that you could end up in a completely different station in life. I'm a little older and a little wiser .. I try to make the best choices without depending too much on my heart or head.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
13 Jun 07
In most respects in life, it is always usually better to use your head over your heart, because if you use your Heart in something, sometimes it could end up getting broken, and that would not be so Good. Actually, though for me when faced with a Decision anymore that I really need an answer for, I will a lot of times write down the Pros and the cons, and mull them over in my head deciding what is best, and then I usually also take it to God in Prayer for wisdom to know how I should choose. It does not always turn out Good for me like I thought it would, but it turns out to be some helpful advice I can learn from.
• United States
27 Jun 07
That seems like a very practical way to go about things
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
10 May 07
Oh if only I had listened to my head instead of my infernal heart I wouldn't be in the mess I am in now! Let that be a valuable lesson to me and everyone else out there, please, please listen to your head, it makes sense, it's rational, it's logical. Don't even make a decision based on what your heart tells you, it can lead to bitter regrets and turmoil! Bitter experience you bet! Head rules over heart every time!
@ESKARENA1 (18261)
10 May 07
i am a heart person every time. For many years my heart has been my guide, it has never let me down even when my head has tried to over ride it my heart wins out every time blessed be
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10 May 07
I have always been influenced by my heart rather than my head. There have been times when my head has screamed NO at me but I have gone with my heart instead. I have only seriously regretted this once in my life, the only time I really should have listened to my head, when I gave someone the benefit of the doubt and was badly let down. Blessed be
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@gifana (4833)
• Portugal
9 Jun 07
Only once was I ever confronted by a crucial decision where the head or heart came into the equation. Perhaps it was the biggest mistake I ever made but I listened to my head and left a possible husband waving goodbye at the airport. I had been transferred to another country but he wanted me to stay so that he could be sure that we "were made" for each other. I wanted a career and since he was unable to make a committment I kept my apointment with Uncle Sam and went on to bigger and better things. I have often wondered what would have happened had I decided to stay. We stayed in touch for several months long distance but I finally got the telegram saying that he had met someone else and had decided to get married. I returned there 7 years later and I looked him up. He and his wife came to my hotel. He said the main reason he came was to return my class ring which I had given him when I left. I thought I would never see it again. At least in that respect it was a happy ending.
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@franziska (410)
• Italy
12 Jun 07
I try to be influenced more by head. The decisions that in my life I've taken with heart didn't prove to be good decisions
@pradoz (404)
• India
13 Jun 07
My Heart..i guess because its crucial it will have some emotional attachment to me
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