It's ok.

It's ok.  It's ok to think or feel a certain way about something in a manner that no one else agrees with.  It is not only ok...it is the single, greatest gift you can give yourself to honor that feeling or thought.  So often, we do what the world says is "good" without considering whether we believe that.  Does it make your heart sing?  Or at least not hurt?  When choosing between two actions, do we consider whether life is supposed to be joyful, or consist of perpetual suffering?  Many times the things that are considered pious and honorable DO make us feel good…it feels good to give, it feels good to lift another up…it feels good to consider things in a positive light.  What about when it doesn't?  What about the times that no matter how hard we try, we cannot seem to wrap our head around doing things the way the world wants, (or likes for that matter)?  THAT IS YOUR HEART SPEAKING and you need to LISTEN.  I'm not speaking of when your physical body is asking for something, (i.e. food, sex, endorphins) I am talking about when your mind is saying, "no, that is not logical and goes against what I know", but inside you are being pushed.  When you say to yourself, "what will everyone think?  It makes no sense and others will surely judge me on it", but your inner guidance is leading you something, it is absolutely worth a second (and third) thought.  Why? Because others are not living your life.  Others do not spend time in your mind, and ultimately,others do not have control of your happiness….you do.  It takes so much strength to draw from your own wisdom and to follow your heart, but truly, you are only here for a set amount of time (of which you have no way of knowing its duration).  Spending that time unhappily, and suffering for the sake of pleasing others, (*note I did not say helping) is not only futile, it is a true slap in the face to the Creator who made you to LIVE and ENJOY the gift that is life.  Anything less is idle complacency.