I have read a great deal about the struggle between choosing with the heart versus choosing with logic—advice telling you to trust your heart, listen to your heart, and so on. But I am writing from my own life experience. There was a time when my being was filled with love. I heard warnings at the back of my mind, yet the pleasure of love is such that you simply want to live in the moment. At another juncture in my life, my reason, intuition, and logic were all screaming that a certain path was the right one. Yet, due to my own mistrust and inability, I ignored all those cries. Perhaps one day I will write about trusting your heart, but right now, my entire being cries out: Make yourself stronger every day. Learn more every day. Become more independent every day. Do not gamble away your entire life. Hold back a part of yourself for the day when you realize that the truth was something else entirely. On that day, you will possess the strength to forgive yourself, rely on yourself, rise up, and move forward—rebuilding your life anew, guided by both reason and emotion. Art by Sepim_art Dimensions: 3000*4000, 8.8 mb Technique: digital painting + photography