Readers of this blog will know that I use the image of a traffic light as a way to discern guidance sometimes. The three lights represent my head, my heart and my gut. The usual suggestion is that until all three lights are green, don’t go. Or, put positively, when all three turn green, go!
Last week, I had to go have some blood tests and I needed to be fasting, so I was out in morning rush hour traffic. It was congested enough that I got caught by red light after red light so I had some time to contemplate the traffic lights.
A traditional traffic light has three differently colored lights that are illuminated to indicate a driver’s course of action, right?
The top is the red light or head.
The middle is the yellow light or heart.
The bottom is the green light or gut.
Aha!
Let’s extrapolate …
When guidance comes from your head, STOP.
When guidance comes from your heart, BE CAUTIOUS.
When guidance comes from your gut, GO.
Get still. See where in your body the message is coming from.
Head messages can be confusing, flip-flopping, second-guessing.
Heart messages, purer than those from the head, can be misleading; feelings change.
Body messages are indubitably clear.
The reason for this is simple. Bodies can’t lie. Hearts can mislead us. Heads are all over the map at times.
Listen for your gut response and go with that.
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wow, i love how u put this..thanks *exits stage left to ponder*