Listen To Your Inner Guidance

We all have an inner knowing about what is best for us.

We simply need to pay attention. Many times, life gets going so quickly and is filled with so much "clutter" that we aren't able to stop and quietly listen to what we already know for ourselves.

We have different terms for our inner guidance. We call it intuition, gut feelings, flashes of inspiration, an inner knowing - they all mean the same thing. Our bodies and minds are giving us everything we need to know about the choices we make, minute by minute.

For example, you may have had the experience of knowing, deep down, that it was time to let go of a job or a relationship or an activity, yet really didn't want to go through the steps of doing so.

The act of letting go might have been hard, but once you finally acted on it, you knew it was the best thing for you. (And just know that when it's best for you, it is also best for everyone concerned, even though it may not seem like it at first - and even when the other person doesn't think so.)

We often hear our inner guidance talking loud and clear, but we really don't want to hear. When it's time for us to change (and life is all about change), it often seems so much easier to hold on and keep things the same!

We all have different ways of experiencing our inner guidance. Some of us feel it in our bodies - in our stomach, our heart, our shoulders, or our throat. Some of us get flashes of thoughts or ideas.

How do you experience your inner guidance?

For the next week, consider paying extra attention to your inner guidance.

For example, when the phone rings, stop and ask yourself who it is before you pick up the phone (and don't look at your caller ID!)

When you have a decision to make, what does your inner guidance tell you to do?

How about simply following your inner guidance this week on decision-making, rather than putting together a list of pros and cons?

If you need information to make a decision about something, get what you need, then make the decision based on your inner guidance. How many times do you come back to the same decision you would have made originally, even after collecting all the information?

Where else are you guided?

What other results do you notice when you follow your inner guidance? And how much easier does your life get when you simply trust yourself?

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