I'm not sure if we all have the same meaning for 'following your heart'
The best way to describe it is if I saw two guys beating up another guy. Two things play in my mind:
1) Those guys look tough! Screw this! I'm out of here.
2) I wonder why they are beating that guy up? Does he deserve it? What would be the consequences if I were to interlope in this situation?
I think #1 is what you mean by 'following your heart' Bullet Magnet. To be afraid and to want to save yourself. Now I also have a third thing:
3) There is no reason for one human being to harm another. It's just not right.
Then regardless of 1 or 2 I must assist this guy. My heart tells me that it isn't right for people to hurt each other and it wouldn't be right for me to just stand there either as this man gets beat for what ever reason.
As for over analyzing things... I do that a lot. I don't think it really matters though if one person thinks too much or someone just acts all the time. As long as the individual is happy with their life(and no one else is effected negatively by it) what does it matter?
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