So I’ve been thinking lately and this phrase is one of which I am not too fond of.  Have you ever heard the phrase follow your heart?  I have, and I am sure you have too.  I have a few things to say about this phrase and why I personally disagree with it.  First of all it literally means to do what seems right to you.  Obviously what seems right is not always right for another person,  but beyond that there is a fine line between right and wrong.  To do something which seems right leaves a huge opening to do what ever you want without any consequences or guilt on your part.  To me to so something which seems right makes me feel insecure and unaware of what is truly going to happen.  We as humans are not animals we do not do things by instinct.  Animals do things by instinct. Humans do things because they deliberately  chose to do so.   We have a conscience of what to do when it comes to right and wrong. We have a free will and a mind that God has given us to make decisions.  To follow your heart is a very emotional phrase, and like the wind, emotions change constantly.  I never tell my children to follow their heart but rather I prepare them for life and let them chose on the principles  of what they have been taught. They have every right to chose what principles to accept or reject.    The Bible says in Jeremiah 17:9 The HEART is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: who can know it?  In other words, the heart can not be trusted based on emotions to make a decision.  If you live your life by doing this, you will end up being insecure,disappointed, bitter, and even resentful. You will live a life covered by  your emotions. Dealing with reality will become harder and if you do what seems right to you, you will become insecure. Can you honestly be truthful with yourself and know what you are doing right is based on emotions?That is how people lie to themselves. People are filled with deceit, lies, and unrealistic expectations..  How can you put your trust in your heart and emotions to make decisions?  You can’t.  So what do you do?   Well you do what is most unnatural and that is making decisions on principles rather then emotions. I say it is unnatural because emotions are so easy to hide behind.  I believe that if you make a decision based on a principle that you have chosen for your life, then the emotions of that principle will follow it.   You can’t make a decision on emotion and expect a good principle to come out of it.  It doesn’t work that way, that is a backwards way of thinking. It’s great to be emotional about something, but emotions persuade you lie to yourself in many cases.I don’t want to be a person who lies to myself or covers my life by decisions based solely on emotions that I thought were from my heart. The emotions that come from my  heart are the results of the decisions I have made conscientiously based on principles.  I love the fact that I can base my life on the principles that God has set aside in his word.   Living by principle is not easy in a world full of emotional based people.  It’s not like I am unemotional,but emotions do not play a huge part in making my decisions. I never follow my heart because  the Bible says the heart is deceitful. I have personally chosen to follow God’s principles for my life, and trust me I have never been disappointed in that choice.  So yeah I believe with out a doubt that the phrase ,Follow your heart is deceitful and misleading.  Don’t follow your heart but rather chose what is right based on the principles you have chosen for your life.  That will bring you a life filled with no regrets.