Trust Yourself

Should I run or should I stay? When animals sense danger, they instinctively run or attack to protect themselves. Animals, unlike humans, do not "over think" or "under think" their decisions. There is no such thing as "logic" in their dictionary. They just do what they think is right the moment.

We all know that in today's fast-paced world, it's all about survival of the fittest. Our mind is like a huge library with tons of information stored in it. Sometimes we tend to pick apart a thought and, in the end, we become even more confused.

According to Einstein, "The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery; there comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, the solution comes to you and you don't know how or why. The truly valuable thing is the intuition." I am sure that when most of us have had a gut feeling about a person or a situation, our judgment has been on the mark. So, in this information-clogged, time-starved world, haste might actually save us waste. Intuition does not have a language; it speaks to us in the form of feelings, symbols and emotions.

Thus, intuition helps us save time and see things more clearly. It also helps us avoid regrets. After all, a person can only solve a given situation with the amount of knowledge they have at that particular time. However, some situations are so sticky that no amount of logic is good enough to make a wise decision. That is where intuition kicks in. All of us have experienced a situation where they wish they had paid more attention to their instincts.

The most important question is: what really stops people from trusting their gut? In our scientific world, our logical minds do not accept something that is invisible. People think that the only way to make smart decisions is to be rational and logical. I have seen that people who trust their instincts are far more successful.

A lot of people have a disease that I call "indecisiveness." The cure is intuition. Many times in our personal matters, other people pressure us into making decisions based on their life experiences, but one thing is worth remembering is that decisions based on other peoples' experiences will ultimately fall short on our scale of happiness.

Eventually, people have to do what feels right for them. Intuition can help people find an oasis of peace in the midst of chaos.