I have always considered myself pretty intuitive. Simply meaning, I can “sense” something good or bad, and a lot of the time, it comes true. We all can do this, but what becomes confusing for me, is when I am clouded by FEAR in a way that I cant tap into that intuition…Has this happened to you?
Yesterday morning, I went into my laundry room to start a load of laundry, and I smelled an overwhelming burning plastic smell. I knew it wasn’t right. My gut told me there was a fire, my mind told me there was a fire. I looked around, I felt all surfaces, I checked the fuse box..nothing. I was scared. Do I call the fire department and possibly look like an idiot?I convinced myself I was just being a worrier, and it was probably a smell from outside. I was suppose to meet a friend at the library and was already running late. I decided to leave. I got in the car, and It just wasn’t right. I called my husband who is away, and in a desperate plea for someone else to take care of this, I asked him what to do…His response, “What is your gut telling you?. My gut..was telling me “GO BACK”…so even though I was running late, REALLY late..I trusted my gut, and turned back. The smell was worse. I called my landlord, who sent over his electrician right away, long story a bit shorter. There was a fire in our hot water heater, the only thing that stopped the fire from spreading, was the outside cover. It could have been disastrous.
My point is…I was so consumed by fear for a moment. Not knowing what to do. Worrying that I would look silly, that I needed my husband to REMIND me, to follow my gut. Just like an athlete, trusting our intuition is a muscle that needs training. W have to exercise “trusting” our intuition…letting all guards and fears down…so we can move forward more quickly.
My question to you..how do you decide or work through the difference between fear, and Intuition or gut feelings?
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