Do you listen to your heart? Our most original creative work comes from the heart. The heart produces work that is more authentic than work produced by the analytical brain. Analytical stories and poems often fail to connect with the hearts of the readers and leave them wanting. Creative work that does not come from the heart can be cold and uncaring. You will do your best work if it comes from your heart. So listen to your heart.
by Sara Teasdale
What do I owe to you
Who loved me deep and long?
You never gave my spirit wings
Nor gave my heart a song.
But, oh, to him I loved,
Who loved me not at all,
I owe the little open gate
That led through heaven's wall.
(Originally published in Poetry, March 1914.)
