The “Gut Feeling” (human intuition)

I was reading a woman’s post her the other day about seeing auras, which is some what of a spiritual extreme. That post made me curious about other subjects; energy produced, spiritual connections, “a 7th sense”, and wondered how many people believe in that sickening, gut feeling. That feeling that, “you just knew..” I often hear people speaking of how they’d wished they’d have listened to that feeling. “Listened to that feeling.” Isn’t that sentence interesting? I know spiritually is extremely controversial and I think this is a pretty cool topic.

Anyway, I’ve had several encounters where I wish I would have listened. I wish I would have followed my intuition. I didn’t. I’m stuck wondering what could have been.

My story: TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️

I got a dog when I was 4. He was a gift from my godmother. My best friend, Little Bit. He was a toy poodle. Mt parents took on dog breeding. Beautiful Akita dogs were born and sold often. We chose to keep, Poka. At first, Little Bit and her got along well. Finally Poka was chosen to start breeding. It was like a light switch. She hated Little Bit after her first mate. Once the puppies were born- Little Bit wasn’t allow anywhere near the other dogs. I was 10, he was sort of cast off. Running the neighborhood and coming home after a few days of being gone. My parents were terrible pet owners.

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I remember feeling this deep connection to Little Bit, one afternoon. I grabbed him and hugged him- it had to have been months since I last showed him any physical love. He was a dirty little guy..But I didn’t care this time. I knew I needed to love on him. I told him how much I loved him over and over. I said, “goodbye.”!Which is something I never said to anyone. My dad asked me to make sure Little Bit was outside so Poka could come in to feed her puppies. I checked once for Little Bit and didn’t see him. But something told me to yell back to my dad. I knew I should have checked again. But I felt confident enough. Poka took his life a few minutes later.

I wonder if I would have listened to that gut feeling, would Little Bit have lived longer? Or was that overcoming of love and affection some sort of intuition? I’ll never know.