Jiminy Cricket
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In the Disney classic, "Pinocchio", Jiminy Cricket sings to Pinocchio, right after the star-faery leaves with the advice to "always let your conscience be your guide". Jiminy sits down on a matchbox and starts in . . ."even though the right thing may seem wrong, sometimes the wrong things may be right at the wrong time, or visa versa. . ." I think that is how life feels for the young. But after living a bunch of decades you tend to sort it out because most likely you have done plenty of wrong things at the right and the wrong times and plenty of right things at the wrong time, and like the wise cricket said, sometimes doing the "wrong" thing was the right thing at the wrong time.
Suffice it to say, finding our way through life is not easy. I think the key is following our hearts, but not our hearts alone. We also need to pay attention to our conscience. My dream about the heart's journey reminds me of how we need a compass. If the heart is the magnetized needle, the conscience is magnetic north.
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