On a daily basis, we receive a thousand instances to respond to. Driving alone can create a bundle: Red light. Kids arguing in the back seat. Guy stops short in front of you. A Bird flies by.
A thousand things.
So, how do you know when something is noise running in the background vs something you need to respond to? And how does your intuition come into play?
I know you’ve probably read about receiving a sacral response, especially for us Human design Generator types. It shows up in your body and it can feel quite bright + exciting when it’s a yes + heavy when it’s a no.
For many, it is when something lights you up + it definitely catches your attention.
But what about the rest of the time when it’s more subtle? how do you tell when this not-so-exciting instance catches your attention for a reason?
I’m talking about the daily instances when something catches your eye but it’s just a blip on your screen of everything else coming into your space for you to respond to.
Let me give you an example.
Recently my daughter + I bravely traveled across the country for one of her gymnastics meets which meant we had to mess with a lot of details like booking a flight, getting on a plane, changing flights, getting to the hotel + praying for our bags made it.
Then on top of that add a freak ice storm which rarely happens here in Texas plus Covid and you have a big old mess of stress….and the potential of a lot of little things to respond to + go wrong.
So in all of this chaos, I had a feeling that our final flight choice (3rd reschedule because of the ice) would make it to the meet and that we would lose at least 1 of our bags. So in my preparedness ( hello gate 57), we packed a carry-on with essentials for at least 24 hours + Rin’s gymnastics competition outfit in her backpack she carried. Then we checked the big suitcase carrying another 24 hours’ worth of stuff so we could make it work either way.
Long story short, when we went to catch our flight from Austin to Dallas, they made 15 of us check our carry-on at the door of the plane. No more overhead bins because we had a lot of airline staff on our flight since it was one of the only ones going out that day. Awesome.
I felt unease when the flight attendant wrote my designation for my bag on a napkin + told me she’d bring me a receipt for it in a minute. Nothing can go wrong with that, right?
When she brought it to me a bit later it said the final designation was Dallas. That caught my attention, but instead of asking about it, I blew it off as insignificant. Yes, I’m getting off the plane in Dallas, so they will give it to me at the door of the plane as they have before.
Nope, as I am informed when getting off the plane. It’s in the baggage system now. Great.
Needless to say, our bag did not meet us in Colorado, but the other bag we checked did. Whew!
As we filed for our lost bag in Colorado at 10pm at night, I had a feeling we would not be seeing it anytime during our trip regardless of what the baggage guy promised. So, I let it go and kept my focus on my daughter + her meet.
Then we realized we had missed our shuttle to the hot0el because we had to file for the missing bag + none of our 20 attempts for a Lyft were getting picked up. No ride to the hotel. Awesome. “Don’t panic” I kept telling myself, “this will all work out somehow”. So after a frantic call to the hotel asking them what I should do, I hung up and took a breath while I prepared to wait for their call back. Then the lady standing next to me told me she totally ease-dropped my whole conversation with the hotel + asked if we wanted a ride. It was on their way home (they just got in from Hawaii so they were wide awake) + they’d be happy to drive us!
As I checked in with my intuitive self, the offer felt light + positive, so we loaded in the mini-van with her two daughters + surprised Husband + headed to the Broadmoore.
And yes, I did call my Husband and let him know who I was with so don’t panic.
Gotta love how Universe has your back when you have a bit of faith. Needless to say, we got to the hotel + the meet went very well.
As we checked back with lost baggage on our way out of town, they said it was never requested it to be sent to Colorado. Huh. So, the baggage lady requested it to be sent to the Austin airport + I’d be notified when it shows up sometime in the next 48 hours. Fun.
Well, we made it to Austin with no real issues and headed down to baggage claim. I had a feeling this would turn out ok, but I didn’t know how. My daughter took off to grab our bag from the carousel and comes back with the one that went missing. Surprise! Then the other one showed up + I was so relieved I didn’t have to come back to the airport anytime soon.
What I learned is to listen to your nudges, go with the flow + trust the Universe has your back. Something insignificant could be big later down the line + you have a unique opportunity to check in with your sacral + intuition to make decisions that save your sanity.
How many times have you dismissed an attention-grabbing whisper only later to realize taking a second or two to consider it would have made a big impact on how a situation turned out?
Start paying attention to whatever catches your attention big or small, check in with your sacral + your intuition.
Ask yourself:
“Does this feel right?”
“Is there something I need to know here?”
Now notice how does your sacral respond?
Do you feel like “yep, look a bit deeper into this” or “meh” or even “Nope”.
Then go with that answer. You will start to see a pattern emerge telling you when you get a sign to take a breath + pause to check-in.
This has made my life feel way easier so I hope you try it.
With Grace + Ease my friend!
