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At long last I am beginning to be able to count on my own judgment rather than wondering whether it is always going to awol.
I went for a part time job recently (money troubles will be with me for years). I did not like the way the company's attitude. I felt like I was getting the run around. I could not make their altered deadline so let it go. Some friends of mine who jumped through all the hoops told me that I had missed out on an opportunity.
I stuck to my intuition that this wasn't a company I wanted to work for. I let it go.
I sought out other opportunities (not that I liked any of them but I sought them out anyways).
Today I heard my friends had turned up for work (at an unearthly hour too).
I have not heard the whole story but they were not brought on board at all. So they wasted their time.
I feel like my entire life I have never been able to trust my judgment. Now I can. What a move!
I should add that of course I'm not happy my friends got burned. At the same time I'm at last able to trust my judgment rather than feel totally at sea all the time.
Thanks for a terrific post. I have a friend, a fellow Al-Anoner who had an instinct about a guy on her first date. She questioned her own judgement but waited before arranging a second date. She waited just long enough to find out from a mutual friend that the guy recently got a DUI. Now she realizes that her "instinct" was her HP guiding her and she can trust her instinct again.
Your example sounds like another example of HP at work in your life, helping you to know and understand what a tremendous resource you can be!
What a great confidence booster to listen to your gut and find out later that your instincts were correct!! 