{at our downtown water & carousel park – thus the wet hair}
An incident happened about 40 days ago where I didn’t trust my gut instincts. I am still having to deal with the situation it caused. I am kicking myself in the rear, EVERYDAY for not trusting my instincts. Nothing to do with the kids, but with real unfair (at times) life. Bottom line if I would of trusted my instincts & acted upon them, I am almost sure I wouldn’t be dealing with such annoying & at times stressful situations trying to fix the problemS.
When it comes to the kids, I trust any slight hint of instinct. I never bat an eye – I act upon it right away. My instinct & gut is sometimes my only advice I have throughout the day. But…when it comes to environments outside our home, I tend to shy or second guess myself. I consider myself a pretty savvy girl in the real world. However, I will gladly admit I am naive when it comes to dealing with people that will steal, swindle, or take advantage of me. Luckily, I haven’t been around those sort of characters. But 40 days ago, my path crossed one of those characters & in the end I have had to apply for every identity theft program there is out there, plus suffer the loss of a few pricey tangible items.
I don’t consider this blog to be an advice blog or a self-help blog. But immediately when this happened to us, I felt compelled to write a post so others could learn from my dumb mistake, but again I hesitated. Now 40 days later, hours & hours of trying to fix the situation, I realized I again was ignoring my instincts to write about it.
I stay at home alot. Probably too much. Sometimes, I do feel a disconnect to the real world. But after this situation I will try my best to never second guess myself again. EVEN IF MY GUT WAS WRONG, I still had nothing to lose from calling the police, but everything to risk if I didn’t. *Myself* is all my kids have on several days of the week. *I* am their protector from everything. My *self* or *identity* is all I have when it comes to providing for my kids or paying the bills. Yes, obviously I have my husband, but *I* am responsible for our home, as well.
I am extremely thankful that it wasn’t worse. We are all ok. No one was harmed, but the possibility was still there. Feeling empowered by ourselves as women is hard. We are all tired, running here & there sometimes never looking up. It is my hope that this post helps whoever to never second guess their gut instinct, to act on it, or to be resourceful when that instinct occurs. Whether it is just a whim, a quick thought, or something you feel you should do but are doubting yourself – act on it.
You have nothing to lose & everything to gain or obtain just by acting on your own instinct.
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