use your heart

“Use your heart and not your eyes.”

- Kendrick Lamar, The Heart Pt. 6 (a sample from SWV “Use Your Heart”)

It was a great Friday for music.

Kendrick Lamar dropped a surprise album and J. Cole re-released his early mixtape The Warm Up on streaming services—if you remember, I have paintings of both Kendrick and J. Cole in my podcast studio, so you can imagine my excitement.

I’ve probably listened to Kendrick’s album at least five times since it dropped around noon on Friday. There are a ton of great lyrics, which is to be expected, but I really loved this quote from an old SWV song. It made me think of the Note where I shared about using my heart to make a significant decision—I used my heart and not my eyes. My eyes would have led me to make a different decision.

I love how there are gentle reminders of important lessons all around us.

Your heart will always be your best guide.

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See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,

JC