Trusting Intuition Over Intellect

March 25, 2012

Dear Friends,

Have you ever had an intuitive feeling that was completely at odds with what your intellect was telling you? Have you ever had an inner knowing that contradicted all logic and reason?

Friends, even if common sense tells you one thing, but your intuitive sense tells you another, follow the guidance of your intuition! Like I have stated many times before, your intuition is the most valuable, reliable, and consistent source of divine direction that you have. And when you honor that inner sense of direction—no matter how subtle it is—you will be amazed by how easy it can be to fulfill your heart’s desires.

I’ll never forget the time when Carol and I accomplished three different goals of ours in a very unexpected manner. We lived in Dallas, Texas at that time, and we thought that it would take at least one week and three separate trips across town to accomplish all three missions. Carol wanted to go to a special store to find some fabric to cover an ottoman; I wanted to go to a particular bookstore to see if they would stock my recently published first book; Plus, I wanted to get in contact with a man who had offered me a very lucrative writing project. This gentlemen had promised to give me all the details I needed in order to do the work, but he had suddenly stopped answering the phone and replying to emails.

One day, when Carol and I were out running a few errands, Carol noticed that we happened to be passing by the fabric store that she wanted to go to. Even though we were on a toll road that had limited exits, I agreed with Carol that it would be logical to stop while we were in the area. But as I approached the exit, something just didn’t feel “right.” I questioned that feeling, because stopping right then would obviously make the most sense. But the closer I got to the exit, the less “right” it felt.

Suddenly, the thought popped into my mind that it would be better to come back later. Come back later? What an inefficient use of our time that would be! Dallas was a big city, and coming all the way back to this part of town couldn’t possible be the right thing to do. Surprisingly, though, when I considered that option, it did feel right—very right!

So, even though it was more efficient to stop at the fabric store while we were right there, I followed the advice of my inner guidance. We passed the exit, continued down the road, and finished up our errands.

Now, here’s where the story gets good. Since the fabric store was on a toll road, I had to figure out the best way to get back to it. And the best way just happened to go right by the bookstore I wanted to visit. Sensing that this was “the flow,” we stopped at the bookstore. We discovered that the store wasn’t open on that particular day of the week. Coincidentally, though, the manager was in the store that day, anyway. She noticed Carol and me through the window, and for some reason came over and opened the door for us. When I introduced myself, the manager said she had already heard of my book, and would like to purchase some copies right then and there—if I had any with me. I did!

That mission accomplished, Carol and I then continued on to the fabric store. As Carol looked through the rolls of fabric, I suddenly heard a voice behind me say, “Steve, what are you doing here?” It was the wife of the man I had wanted to connect with! Her name was Michelle, and she was very surprised to run into me on her side of town—and in a fabric store of all places. But she was very happy to see me, because she had a message for me. As it turned out, Michelle’s husband had been in Canada for several weeks. While there, he had lost his cell phone, and his laptop computer had crashed. When he was finally able to get in touch with Michelle, he asked her to find me and give me the information I needed so I could proceed with the writing project . . . which she did right there in the fabric store.

Remarkable! Instead of it requiring three separate trips over a period of a week, Carol and I fulfilled all three of our desires in one single hour with absolutely no planning or foresight on our part. By following my inner guidance, Carol and I wound up in exactly the right place, at exactly the right time . . . time after time.

The lesson here is simple. Your intuition is continually directing you toward whatever it is you want to have, do, or be in life—continually! But to take advantage of that guidance you must be aware of the subtle ways that you are being directed, and you must be careful not to hastily dismiss or overrule that guidance because “you know better” or “it doesn’t make sense.”

If you want to be “in the flow,” you must avoid forcing things to go the way you “think” they should go, and you must be willing to move in a direction that is different from what you expect . . . or what even seems reasonable! In other words, you must trust your intuitive sense, even when it seems to make little sense!

Steven

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© 2012 by Steven Lane Taylor
Author of Row, Row, Row Your Boat:
A Guide for Living Life in the Divine Flow
www.rowrowrow.com
Steven Lane Taylor, LLC