The gut never lies

A few words about my gut, but not in the wheat vein.

I've learned over the last few years that in the end, whatever the situation, I ought to have trusted my gut feelings. It almost never fails, and frankly, it's a little scary! If I seem to have figured this out, how does it keep happening that I try to push past it? How do I keep coming to that late realization?

I think we are conditioned to trust until the subject is proven untrustworthy, believe he is innocent until proven guilty, give the benefit of the doubt, be understanding of a bad first impression, and so on. Noble concepts, to be sure. I believe they should be practiced, but only at first. If you cannot talk your gut out of something, it may have something important to say.

If you have learned to listen to your intuition, even if it was the hard way, it will continue to speak to you. And, by habit, you may fight it, try to talk yourself out of it, logic it away. All I can suggest is to keep an open dialogue. It's the only way to know if it has something of value to tell you.

Of course, maybe your intuition is a jerk and tries to tell you that your polka-dot pants look awesome with a plaid shirt.

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