Our gut feeling is the Rodney Dangerfield of all our senses. It gets no respect I tell ya. No respect.
It has been saddled with the label “the sixth sense,” forced to take a back seat to the BIG 5. To add insult to
injury, it comes with no fancy smancy organs attached. It’s Mr. Potato Head minus the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and limbs.
And yet it is the most powerful sense we have.
It sees that which is in our blindspots. It can hear what has not been said. It can read, whether it be body language or between the lines. It can smell when something is fishy. It feels when something isn’t right. It will lowers its standards and pick up the bad vibes. It can put its “finger” on it.
But we seldom heed its warnings because we don’t know how it communicates with us. You see, it has no voice. It can’t cry out when all signs point to disaster.
Instead it provides subtle cues. It might be an uneasiness felt in the stomach as it fires up those gastric juices. It might be disguised as indecision. It might wake you up in the middle of the night or prevent you from falling asleep. It might sap you of your energy or cause you to loss your appetite. It may even make you snap at things that you would ordinarily never bat an eyelash at.
So quit ignoring those tingling spidey senses and have faith that your gut feeling has picked up something intangible, something that has managed to slip past all the other senses.
Have the courage to act even when you are unable to put your feeling into words. Trust that your gut has obtained classified intelligence and simply act on it knowing that when all is said and done, you will come out on top.
To an idea worth quitting,
Dean
ps…Do you know someone who might need a reminder to tap into their spidey senses? Know someone who is great at this already? Why not forward this to them with a little note letting them know you were thinking about them today.
