How confidence can slip by you
There was an interesting article in the UK’s Daily Telegraph recently. (View it here.) A quick quote from the start will show you why…
So many of us waste time in being unsure of what we want. We dither around not getting on with anything, not knowing
our direction in life. We’ve lost the ability to feel what we want to do. It’s a vicious circle.
Which is the point of this post. When we stop listening to our feelings, we stop having confidence in ourselves. Once that happens, how can you really make the right decision for yourself? You’re always going to be second-guessing yourself. You’re always going to be wondering whether you are going to be doing the right thing or not.
This article tells of a person who had lost her confidence to make the ‘right’ decision. In this case it was about whether or not to take a lucrative job or go to university. As the article puts it:
…as Angela told the story, it was clear that the job
had “come” to her: she had searched out the degree course by buying the
newspaper on the day of the Clearing lists and by phoning the
university to establish her place.
When one of
the other members of the group pointed out to Angela that deep down she
already knew the answer - that it was the degree course she was
actively pursuing - Angela was astonished. She hadn’t realised that she
actually knew her own mind better than she thought.
And the lesson for this week??? I’m sure you don’t need telling. It’s simple.
Once you’re in touch with what you want, you’ll know what’s fun for
you. Every time you make a decision this week, listen to your gut
feeling.
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I have been working on intuition now for a few months. I did not listen to it some years back and am paying dearly for it. Had I listened to it. I would be a lot calmer and still have my retirement money and not worry daily. Now a new situation comes up, not really new because it connects the earlier one, but a more imperative situation. My head tells me I need to move to protect the children in my custody from being taken and given to my deranged sister. My intuition tells me to stay put and my sister and her evil will go away soon and I should not worry. I am so confused as to what to do. I love my home and have been here for ten years, but I also love these children and will do anything to protect them from a life that would destroy them if my sister gets her way and gets custody. She has me financially destroyed so more lawyers are out of the question and again my intuition tells me I don’t need another lawyer, that things will work out for me. I guess I am looking for verification that my intuition will prove to be correct.
Thanks for this post, which was obviously difficult for you. My thoughts, for what they are worth are as follows.
Since this IS a very large problem and you are emotionally close to it, I think the bets way of approaching it would be to ask a few friends about it. Maybe do some reading about the situation from a legal standpoint (if that’s relevant)/ Even go and get a tarot reading, if that will help you.
After you’ve done this, done all the research you can, then try to let your feelings as to which direction to take come through. But, I would strongly advise that, because you ARE emotionally involved in this, you are unlikely to get the distance you need to let your intuition really kick in strongly. So, go for advice after hearing all the sides you can about it.
In the end, you have to be happy or comfortable with the decision you make. You cannot go hitting yourself over the head for years to come if you made a decision honestly and in the best way you could.
I hope this works out well for you.