Hey, here’s the thing about instinct, intuition, gut.
Pay attention to it. Listen to it. Obey it.
I guess I just take for granted that everybody’s got it. I absolutely have it. It came up yesterday.
I had an intuition about something. Or this hesitation. And I didn’t pay attention to it. I didn’t follow through and look it up. I thought something I said didn’t sound quite right.
It happened in a video.
Let’s just talk about it.
Here’s the thing. I’m not trying to be woke. I’m not trying to be politically correct all the time. I’m really not. I just instinctually, by nature, want to be someone who is kind, who has a gentle spirit, and who tries to be a peacemaker.
I certainly don’t want to say things that could be offensive, hurt someone’s feelings, or just be off. Things that come from a place of ignorance.
I used a term in one of my posts that I thought might sound funny.
We put it up.
Then I looked it up after the fact and found out, yeah, it was derogatory.
Who wants to be derogatory?
I mean, maybe if I’m a comedian on a stage. Comedians have the right to be derogatory all they want. But I’m not a comedian, and that’s not what I’m trying to do.
So I looked it up and thought, yeah, I just don’t want that. I don’t want the scrutiny. I don’t want to be called out on something that I could have avoided.
The point of all this is that I was right.
My gut was right.
And very often I pay attention to that. Most of the time I do.
But I will tell you this:
100% of the time, my gut is right.
No question.
Now, do I listen to it 100% of the time? No.
Maybe 90%.
But every time I ignore it, eventually I find out it was trying to tell me something.
I’ll call it a gift.
Absolutely.
In my case, I call it spirit.
For me, spirit is talking to me. Angels. Wisdom. Whatever language works for you.
I pray for wisdom all the time. I have my whole life.
I’m striving to be a wise man.
And wisdom is connected to gut and instinct. Those first impressions. Those hidden reservations. That little feeling you can’t quite explain.
So if you ever have even the slightest hesitation, pay attention.
Stop.
Spend a moment with it.
Listen to what it’s trying to tell you.
And then decide how you want to proceed.