January 6: Intuition
The first time intuition clonked me over the head is a story I’ve told many times in my writing. I was in treatment for chemical dependency at the time I needed a job to get out. I had searched the ads and applied for every opportunity I thought I deserved. No job was too small, meager, or humble to overlook in the application process. No one wanted to hire me. I looked for weeks, months, without success.
One day, I was at the end of my resources. I was waiting for a bus to take me back to the hospital, where the treatment center was located, when a small voice in my heart urged, Look behind you. I did. I was standing in front of a bank. Next to it was a stairway leading to an attorney’s office, on the second floor. Go upstairs and ask to talk to the head of the law firm. Tell him you want a job, were the words I heard next.
That’s crazy, I thought. It doesn’t make any sense. But I did it anyway. That still, small voice kept urging me on. When I talked to the attorney, I told him where I lived and what was going on in my life. He said he understood; someone in his family had experienced problems with chemical dependency, too. Then he looked at me and said, “It’s funny you came in. I was thinking about creating a new position for a legal secretary in my office, but I haven’t gotten around to advertising yet.”
Two weeks later, he called me. I got the job. It was better than any I had applied for, it paid more, and it made the best possible use of the skills I possessed at that time.
We all have a special source of wisdom and guidance available to us, in times of trouble and in the day-to-day workings of our lives.
When faced with a dilemma, take a moment. Feel out the situation. Get out of your head. Make at least one decision intuitively today.
God, help me trust my intuitive powers.
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