When at a crossroads, my grandmother was fond of saying "go with your gut". “Intuition,” she said, “always has our best interests at heart.” It is a voice that can tell us who is friend and who is foe. Which ones to hold at arm’s length. And which ones to keep close. But too often, we become distracted by fear, doubt, our own stubborn hopes, and refuse to listen. We may not have any substantial reasons why we feel a certain way about something or someone, but that feeling we get in the pit of your stomach that causes us to hesitate has a purpose. Unfortunately, we tend to think either with our heads or our hearts, and simply forget about our gut. Ignore it one too many times and you end up paying the consequences.
