Intuition is a mother’s best friend!
I know that there are many references to intuition being a predominantly female thing (the phrases ‘female intuition’ and ‘woman’s intuition’ are clues here). But I have written surprisingly few entries about this aspect.
And the reason is that there are not that many articles written about it for me to comment on. At least, not many which are well-written or which have an interesting story to tell.
I am happy to say that that is not the case in this story I found called ‘Are we there yet? Her mother’s intuition has skipped a generation.’
What makes this an interesting story for me is that it is about how a daughter has a very ‘tuned in’ mother but lacks that ability herself. As a result, she feels somehow disadvantaged and not as capable as she should be.
The author, Lori Clinch, talks of her mother has having the ability to know whenever her children were in trouble;
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She’ll tilt her head ever so slightly, sniff the air and say, “Something’s wrong, I can feel it. Go and call your sister.”
The article tells of how Lori was sitting at a baseball game watching her youngest compete and aware that her eldest, Vernon, was not there, but not being too worried about it. Then her cell phone goes and she finds that Vernon has been involved in a car accident. Not injured, she is nevertheless worried and berates herself with her lack of awareness…
“Although my mother would have anticipated the phone call long before its arrival, I sat there with my lack of intuitiveness and felt as if someone had slapped me on the back….
My mind was racing as I wondered how a mother could just sit at a game and remain oblivious to the fact that her child was off getting himself in a car accident“
In about 30 seconds the phone rings again and her mother is calling here…
“Are you OK?” she asked, and as I heard the stress in her voice, I thought to myself that she really should take her show on the road. “Yes, everything is fine,” I responded. I could have simply told her what she already knew, but I chose to feel her out.
“Is something going on?” she asked,
“Well,” I said, trying to play it down, “Little Charlie’s on third.”
“Nonsense,” she said with frustration. “Something’s wrong. I can feel it. Where’s Vernon?”
The clincher, however, is what Lori finished with…
“There isn’t a mother alive who wouldn’t love to have intuition like that, so I’ve been tilting my head to the left and sniffing the air all week as I tried to duplicate what my mother can do. Although I haven’t picked up any signals, so far I have received two very distinct feelings - a runny nose and a stiff neck.”
And there you have it. The guilt about not being a good mother, about not having intuition, especially when HER mother was so good at it, about enjoying herself when her son needed her. Now, although the last part is a jokey way of ending, it nevertheless reflects much of what I think goes through peoples’ minds about intuition. “If I can only do the same things my mother (or father, brother, cousin, friend, etc.) did, I should be able to become intuitive.
The thing is, we are ALL intuitive. But we’re not all intuitive IN THE SAME WAY. Lori might never have a clue if her children are in need of her, but she might be amazing in her intuitive ability to know what treatment is right for them, or why they are showing signs of illness, or even in just knowing
The point is that we can all be glum because we can’t do something that seems so simple to other people when we really should be finding out what it is that we can amaze others with. If you accept that your mother has this sixth sense abut knowing when you are in trouble, then you already accept that a sixth sense exists. All that remains is for you to find out how it works for you.
Guilt, frustration and sheer envy are all good ways of avoiding this discovery in yourself. Accept yourself and what you can do and you WILL amaze someone, probably yourself!!
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What a great commentary! It’s like every other talent — there are great athletes out there, for instance, but the world’s best soccer player is not necessarily any good at basketball. Both are sports, both require a high degree of athleticism to be the best, but one set of skills doesn’t equal the other.
And with intuition, knowing when something’s wrong vs. knowing the right treatment, or tapping into the spiritual influences, or instantly being able to match up patterns, are all types of intuition. They’re not all the same. And, well, I don’t know if anyone knows the whole list of intuition-type talents.
I think you’re spot on , Diane! I really don’t think that anyone has any idea of how far intuition can and does extend into everyday life.
Everyone has the talents to do things, and some of them seem spectacular and get the most attention (and envy), but even the ones which almost seem ordinary (like always being able to find a quiet place to rest), are just as amazing.