Your Intuition

Have you ever been late for something, driving 90 miles an hour, when all of a sudden you get the feeling that you should slow down, only to find out a few minutes later that a cop is sitting on the side of the road a few miles ahead? You would've gotten that ticket if something inside hadn't warned you to take your foot off of the gas a little bit. Right? This is a little something known as intuition, or your gut instinct.


There have been several automobile accidents in my past two years and both times, I "knew" that they would happen before they even did. I didn't know how exactly or where, just that they would. I had a feeling, a "hunch" if you will. I didn't listen to that feeling, obviously, but somehow, I just sensed them.

Intuition, according to Webster's New World Dictionary is:

the immediate knowing of something without the conscious use of reasoning...

Well, I knew. I didn't have to think about it either. Many other occurences like these happen to me on a smaller scale all the time. Sometimes I realize them and sometimes I don't. It's being able to fine-tune your ability to go with your "gut" that counts and that is something that I am still learning even now. So, pay attention to your feelings and learn to listen to the small, still voice inside that tries to guide you and will guide you if you let it. This is the most precious part of us all.

"Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way." ~ Florence Scovel Shinn, American Artist