Following your Intuition

One of my goals is to always be connected, to always listen to the feeling inside that knows what is best for you. So, when MondoBeyondo asked this this week:

Where have your best impulses taken you?

Have you ever had a time where listening to your gut totally paid off?  What was the situation?  How did you know that you knew what to do next? I got a little excited......here is my story!

One of the biggest and easiest decisions of my life was when I moved to the US from Australia. My sister rang me up from new york, which she was going to make her new home and said 'come and live in new york with me'. Now, for me this was HUGE. I was the quiet girl, I had never traveled overseas, but there was something inside of me that said 'Just go'.

Six weeks later, a one way ticket to New York and a backpack I was on my way. I had quit my job, vacated my apartment and was off for a big (and scary) adventure.

I rationalised that it it doesn't work out I will just go back home to Australia. I knew in my heart of hearts that if I had that return ticket readily available inmy pocket, I would be on the next flight back to Oz as soon as it all got a little much in the big world of overseas and newness in New York.

So I plunged into with engines on fire!

Needless to say, after inviting me over with the best of intentions my sister left 6 weeks after I got here, she didn't like it at all. I been yelled at far too mnay times to count for either walking up the steps in the wrong side , not moving quick enough in the post office line, fallen in love and had my heart broken, managed to survive a year on the lowest of wages whilst I waited for my nursing license (but had the best time EVER).

I am still here 5 years later and still adoring every moment. Things keep getting better. Every now and then I let myself wonder what would be if I had not taken that leap of faith. It was a giant leap. I recognise how much it has changed my path, taught and evolve me. Then I also recognise that the small leaps of faith we all take everyday by following that inner guide, that gut feeling, that niggle in the heart, that impacts us just as greatly and has just the same effect as those big moments we clearly remember. It is always one of my wishes, intentions and gratitude, to always being connected.