I have always been aware of my inner voice and believed in it and my instincts and intuitions even over logic and reason as others would interpret it at times.
The ironic thing is all the times I DON'T listen to them. I have to ask myself WHY? Sometimes I feel like a stubborn little spoiled girl retorting to my inner voice.... "But that's no fun or I don't FEEL LIKE doing that right now." But the nagging feeling and voice inside keeps trying to redirect me like a caring parent.
I do not recall even ONE time my inner voice has steered me wrong. It is second nature for me to listen to it without hesistation when I get positive or negative energy from another person I meet, in dangerous situations, and often, most easily in guiding and helping others by intuition and connected deep empathy, but what I realized today that I just didn't give much thought to is how even though I THOUGHT me and my inner voice were good buddies and have been working CLOSELY together all along... today I realized that I DO IGNORE my inner voice whenever it is saying something I don't want to hear or that is inconvenient or something I am avoiding facing or dealing with and so on and usually this is in many many little details of the day that end up pushed aside and bury me alive later because of it.
"I apologize to you inner voice, you have been beyond patient with me and I appreciate you and trust you. I am working on listening to you more carefully and regularily and will write down some of what you say if that is what it takes to make me more aware of your important messages.
You are ALREADY a BIG VOICE... but I realized that sometimes I was plugging my ears like a stubborn child. I am sorry. You have been nothing but good to me."
I love the song below for various reasons but TODAY the capitilized parts of the song reminded me of working with my inner voice too.
"Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield
I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined
I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun ILLUMINATE THE WORDS YOU COULD NOT FIND
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, NO ONE ELSE
CAN SPEAK THE WORDS ON YOUR LIPS
DRENCH YOURSELF IN WORDS UNSPOKEN
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
Oh, oh, oh
I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines
We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun ILLUMINATE THE WORDS YOU COULD NOT FIND
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, NO ONE ELSE
CAN SPEAK THE WORDS ON YOUR LIPS
DRENCH YOURSELF IN WORDS UNSPOKEN
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten.
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absolutely beautiful
wow am I glad I decided to read your post.
It's beautiful - and inspiring.