Intuition Listens

Part of our Creative Writing Series

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When we think of listening, the first thing that comes to mind is other people. What about listening to ourselves? What does this mean? I do not think we can listen to others until we learn to listen to ourselves. This is an intentional skill that we need to build with daily practice. The rational left brained, solution focused thought process helps us to accomplish. We have responsibilities in life, tests to take, bills to pay, errands to run. This part of our brain serves us well. Most of us struggle with the other part of the brain that says listen, and we are suffering due to this deficit.

The loneliness epidemic kills people more than smoking cigarettes or obesity according to a study Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality: A Meta-Analytic Review. You might as well smoke 15 cigarettes a day if you don’t address the loneliness. It has the same effect: death. Most of us would cringe at the thought of picking up this ha…