Listening to Your Inner Voice

“Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.” - Michael Burke

I know a girl who recently experienced the end of a rocky relationship.   She knew that something wasn’t quite right for a long time. Something just felt wrong. 

She didn’t fully believe anything he said, even though she couldn’t put her finger on it.  She hadn’t caught him red-handed at anything, yet something always felt off.  This uneasy feeling was responsible for a lot of fights - fights in which she came off looking like the one in the wrong.  Like she wasn’t trusting enough, like she was an overreacting, suspicous, jealous female.  It always ended with him laughing at her “lack of trust,” but she just couldn’t silence her inner voice.

Fortunately, before the relationship went any further down the road, he was caught. as her inner voice stood by, pointing her finger screaming, “See?!?!”

It served as a great lesson, one in which she’ll never forget:  If something doesn’t seem right, it usually isn’t. 

It also illustrated another truth.  A friend of hers is the one who blew the lid off of the dog’s house.  Other friends, and acquaintances, knew but said nothing.  Cowards.  The person who spoke up, no doubt, had to weigh out the pros and cons and probably got zero satisfaction out of having to be the one to bring it out into the open.  In the end, though, he did what had to be done and showed that at least one man in the story had character.

Thankfully, for the young lady, there are brighter and better days (and boys) ahead.