There comes a time in life when each of us must take inventory of what is true — for us.
I listened to Jungian analyst, James Hollis, on a podcast today and he said that the question in our second half of life is, “What is life asking of me?”
Not, what is everyone else asking of me.
He also speaks of intuition, how we tend to lose the sense of it as we bend to make ourselves who we think we should be.
To intuit is to look within, to feel within. To pay attention to.
There is a reason people ask what your gut feeling is in a given situation, not what your head is telling you to do.
My intuition has told me, clearly, when someone is not being truthful and yet I so want to believe I’m “not a fool.”
This isn’t “past” at play nor an experience repeating itself.
Instead, I feel internally something is “off,” that I don’t believe this person. Too many things aren’t adding up; then, too many excuses made on my behalf why this “can’t be so.”
When do we finally start facing ourselves? Our denials?
What is the pain point? We tell ourselves, “If I can just see with my own eyes” or “have proof,” then we’ll walk away, then we’ll have the strength to know our value.
Will we?
I can list out what I’ve witnessed that make things not add up but it’s an internal sense.
Maybe it’s the way the bag lays on the bed or the way his or her voice sounds when they tell you where they are. Maybe it’s the subtle shift of energy in a conversation that hasn’t even begun or the way they look at you.
What it comes down to is trust.
We each have our own timelines of when awareness arrives. It may be stark, or it may settle like morning dew.
Take a moment and ask yourself:
What is my soul trying to tell me?
(Podcast reference is Dr. Chatterjee Rangan, “85-Year-Old: “It Took Me 50+ Years to Learn What I’m About to Share with You”)
