R.B. O'Brien...on Intuition

Do you believe intuition really exists? Some days I do. Somedays I don’t. Even as I write this I’m all over the map! But I think I’ve discovered something about it.

We tend to wish it away when it doesn’t suit us. We get into relationships or do things we knew we shouldn’t have, do it anyway, and then put out blame. If we had just listened from the get-go to our gut, we would see that.

Ever ask yourself why you can’t open up fully to someone, even after a very long time? We usually say: “Oh, that’s just how I am. I don’t open easily. It takes me a long time to trust.” But those are excuses we use. We know damn well why we don’t. Whether we’ve been burned before or not, those of us who do take our time, discover just why we didn’t open to that person. The truth eventually presents itself. I’m slowly coming to that realization.

Maybe it’s that the person shows brief moments of the person they really are early on but quickly put the mask back up, and we accept that. We see what we want. We see what we hope is there oftentimes, not what is really there.

So my advice you didn’t ask for: Never make excuses for the way you behave or feel. There is a reason. And that reason is usually, if not always, correct.