One day while you're at HEB, you meet someone in the produce section of the store. The person introduces themselves to you and as soon as they do, you get an uneasy feeling in your gut. Your first reaction is that "this person is creepy." However, you can't base that on your knowledge of him since you just met him, so that reaction you had must have came from what your gut (intuition) was telling you. If the guy asks if you'd like to get together sometime, you'll know you need to say "no thanks" because your gut has warned you to stay away.
This example goes along with the principle of never trusting on whom you doubt and never doubting where you trust. Trusting your instincts blindly can make you choose something completely wrong even though the answer was right in front of you the whole time. Similarly, dismissing your intuitions is almost as if you don't trust yourself. Only through time and experience can one really begin to trust their instincts.
Hey Mckaye
ReplyDeleteI think the H-E-B example is a really good thought and I know exactly what you are talking about. Most of the time when your walking alone down town or in your own neighborhood at night people tend to get that "feeling in your gut" and start to walk faster because they feel uneasy or creeped out. Your intuition often times helps you make better decisions in the long run.
Hey Mckaye
ReplyDeleteI think the H-E-B example is a really good thought and I know exactly what you are talking about. Most of the time when your walking alone down town or in your own neighborhood at night people tend to get that "feeling in your gut" and start to walk faster because they feel uneasy or creeped out. Your intuition often times helps you make better decisions in the long run.
While I agree that trusting our initial feelings can be beneficial, we must be wary of where our feelings of other people are stemming from. Our society breeds fear of other people more so now than ever with social media. My father was just commenting the other day how his facebook feed was covered in too graphic stories of fights, beatings, rapes, executions, and so many other horrific examples of things that we have to ability to do to one another. While this can make us more aware and cautious of who we're talking to, it also creates a barrier between us and people who are outside our usual associated friend group, and creates a hard to pass standard to gain our trust. It's good to have a high guard when meeting strangers and to listen for strange points like "hey we should hangout later" on a just met basis, but we should be slower to flee from someone who just wants to make a friend or casual conversation.
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