One of the things we love to talk to parents about is intuition and instinct and how important it is to teach our children what it is and how to listen to it. To understand and be able to use it can literally save someone from harm in many situations in life.
Being intuitive means that you more often know or sense without consciously understanding why you know it. Instinct is a physical reaction to a trigger of some kind. Studies show intuition generally leads us to make better choices and that many succeed by trusting their intuition, both professionally and privately.
My daughter listened to her feelings when she was about 7 years old. Many years ago, we were out shopping for furniture and had finally found what we wanted. I then went back to the car with my 2 girls whilst my husband paid and arranged delivery. When we got to the car, my oldest daughter needed the toilet and we were parked right in front of a restaurant. My youngest decided she didn’t want to come so I gave her my mobile phone and said ‘Dad will be here in a minute and do not open the door to anyone!’
As it turned out, someone had been watching us and as soon as I went into the restaurant, two men approach the car and knocked on the window. They told her that ‘mum wants you in the restaurant so open the door and go to her’. My daughter shook her head no and didn’t open the door. They then said, ‘look, your mum is on the phone so open up and hear for yourself’ Luckily, she had the sense that this was wrong and told them ‘No, go away, I have mum’s phone here so she can’t be calling you anyway.’ At this stage, time was passing and they gave up and left. I got out a few minutes later and found her shaking and in tears. After telling me what had happened she added ‘I felt something was wrong so I didn’t open…’ Thank goodness for that!
To me, this proved that teaching her about intuition and instinct and reminding her of what to do made all the difference that day. We were told by the police that they probably wanted our car but I am glad we never found out what they wanted…
Intuition is there to protect us and as adults I think we override this too many times. It’s easier to go with whatever might be going on.
Be aware and listen. Think again and then make a decision.
Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. ― Steve Jobs
