Last week I posted on my blog about gut feelings and how those feelings can shape what we chose to do. Continuing with that same theme, I want to address how so many of us are taught to go for everything except for what we truly want to pursue. There seems to be more of an emphasis on being practical, sensible, stable, never taking a risk. As I write this, I think of Supertramp’s 1979 hit: “The Logical Song.” That song rings true to what we are told as we enter the school system, which instills in us the cog system; the emphasis of making money and not following dreams. How many teachers give us the guidance to listen to ourselves and follow what our gut says?
I was told not to be the dream catcher, but by-pass the dream by doing everything else but the dream. It is no wonder I have found myself depressed, unsettled, disheartened with a longing to fill the emptiness inside. Then I took a risk and it paid off: I followed my gut.
The importance of listening to our intuition is of utmost significance in every aspect of our lives. Oprah stated that we are the only species that willingly walks towards danger because we are taught not to listen to our gut. She’s pointing it out for a dangerous situation in this clip, but I’m pointing it out for an everyday situation.
A suggested book to read that mirrors this: “An Invisible Thread” by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski, published by Howard Books, a Divison of Simon & Schuster, Inc., published in 2011. This truly inspiring non-fictional piece tells us what happens when we listen to the voice inside of us.
An excerpt from page 6 of the book:
Looking back all these years later, I believe there was a strong, unseen connection that pulled me back to Maurice. It’s something I call an invisible thread. It is, as the old Chinese proverb tells us, something that connects two people who are destined to meet, regardless of time and place and circumstance. Some legends call it the red string of fate; others, the thread of destiny. It is, I believe, what brought Maurice and I to the same stretch of sidewalk in a vast, teeming city—just two people out of eight million, somehow connected, somehow meant to be friends.
What she gives him is her time. That makes all the difference in the world. Pursue what feels right to you, truly right.
This is my time and I’m giving it to you.
Thank you for giving your time to me.