Intuition: The Telly In Your Belly

Recently I had a friend tell me he would like me to meet someone to get a feel for them. I smiled because I knew what he meant in asking that. Until I told him about being an empath, he was amazed at how well I could pick up on people within minutes of being around them. My intuition was almost always spot on.

I generally like most people. Overall the general population are good and honest, happy to help anyone in need if they can. It isn’t hard for me to talk to strangers and feel a kindship before we part ways. But, sometimes there are people that set off warning signs in my intuition and I have learned to listen to them.

Most of us have what is often called that “gut feeling”. After someone is convicted of a horrible crime many people around will say “I always felt something was off about him.” They could never put their finger on what it was, but they sensed he was someone to avoid. This is that intuition talking.

It’s a smart thing to listen to that telephone in your belly. It is there for a reason. A person doesn’t have to have empathic abilities to feel it. They just have to learn to pay attention to it. Our bodies give us signs if we listen.

When I get the message from my intuition it’s easy for me to tell if it is good or bad. Good things will come with butterflies. My stomach will feel light and like there are happy butterflies flitting around dancing gaily. But, if the warning is something bad, my stomach will feel like a black hole is growing ever wider within. It’s a deep, black, sinking punch in the stomach.

When I meet a new person I try to greet them as openly as possible and not make snap judgments based on appearances. All too often we miss out on wonderful friendships by judging others harshly before getting to really know them. Usually within the first half hour of being around someone my intuition will give me guidance if it isn’t someone I want to be around.

This intuition can help us in other ways too, not just in guiding us around people. When I am about to make a decision that will likely end up badly for me, my intuition punches me in the stomach. I can choose to listen or I can ignore it. Experience has shown I am an idiot to ignore it.

So many times we can look back on our lives and say, “why did I ever do something so stupid? I knew better!” How did you know better? You “just had a feeling something was wrong.” Listen to your intuition. Hear what it is telling you and life will get better. Answer that telly in the belly.