tag:heartmyheart.org,2008-02-15:/blog/1413View2008-02-15T14:46:10-06:00tag:heartmyheart.org,2008-02-15:/blog/1413Listen to Your Heart, Part 22008-02-15T14:46:10-06:002008-02-15T14:46:10-06:00faithhalterhttp://heartmyheart.org/profile/p/138richardpulliam@myamphi.comhttp://heartmyheart.org/user_pic/blog/<p>While drafting my “Listen to your heart” <a href="http://www.insightfultransitions.com/Haiku">haiku</a> posting, I decided to do a search on the phrase “Listen to your heart.” </p>
<p>Maybe you can guess what I found: Songs about romantic love, a recent article about heart health, a <a href="http://www.iit.edu/~smile/bi9305">biology class project </a>to help students become familiar with their own heartbeat (give it a try!) and a posting about <a href="http://www.healthbolt.net/2008/02/05/listen-to-your-heart/">TV ads</a> that mention the heart. </p>
<p>The <a href="http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/womens-health/2007/10/18/how-menopausal-women-can-gauge-their-heart-health">health article</a> reminds us to pay attention to how we’re feeling:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">“What should women do to figure out where they stand and to protect themselves? Most urgently, pay attention to any troubling symptoms and see a doctor.”</p>
<p>So do the romantic songs by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZf5nvuaia4, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZf5nvuaia4">Roxette</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop,_Look,_Listen_(To_Your_Heart)">Stylistics</a>, but they focus on our feelings about someone else. Here’s what the Stylistics sang:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Stop, look<br />Listen to your heart, hear what it's saying<br />Stop, look<br />Listen to your heart, hear what it's saying<br />Love, love, love</p>
<p><strong>As a Valentine to yourself this year, why not deepen your relationship with your own heart? </strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><em>Love your heart, love yourself!</em></strong></p>