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This write-up is my perception about ”GUT FEELINGS” which we experience very rarely. Why we get these feelings is unexplainable.

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The theme of this month - INTUITION chosen by Monica A Leyva

A HUMBLE REQUEST TO ALL :

THE FOLLOWING STORY MAY BE SLIGHTLY LONGER. KINDLY READ WITH PATIENCE .🙏🏻

This blog starts with a short story. I want to convey the meaning of gut feeling through this story.

This is a short story about a small family of a Mother, Father and their daughter Ria.

Ria will be going abroad within few days for pursuing her higher studies. Of course, an exciting and immensely happy moment for the whole family. The whole procedure of completing all these formalities involved a lots of physical, financial and mental exhaustion. Finally all formalities over and their daughter is ready to leave to pursue her endeavours.

Ria had made her parents always proud. Since she was in kinder-garden her teachers were always in awe and praise of her. It has always been a moment of pride for Rekha and Ram with regard to Rita’s academics excellent performance.

It was midnight. Sleep was evading both Rekha and Ram. Ram was unable to sleep as he was feeling sad that his daughter will be leaving the next day. He could sense that It will tough for both him and his wife to adjust with Ria’s absence in the house.

With no mood to sleep he turned around to see Rekha sitting on the bed. He slowly asked her in a tensed tone,” what happened? Why are you awake? Are you also feeling sad?. I am unable to sleep as Ria will be leaving tomorrow for higher studies?. It is going to be a tough time for both of us to adjust. But we will have to smile and send her happily for her to pursue her further studies”. Isn’t it?.

Rekha in a pensive tone replied” It is true that I am also feeling sad that she will be going far off to pursue her dreams. I totally agree that we both have to accept this like every other parent. At the end of the day her happiness is our happiness. Isn’t it?”. Ram was happy to hear these comfort words from his wife. There was a stifling silence which made an uneasy calm in the room.

When we are sad or tensed, the regular darkness of the room in the night aggravates our fear even more. This fear feeling goes for a roller coaster rides continuously in our mind. This was how Rekha was feeling. But,” WHY?”. She could sense some strange uneasiness in both her mind and body. She was sure that it was nothing to do with her health.

Restless she woke up to drink water. Ram could sense that Rekha was not in her usual form. With an anguish in his tone he asked” Hey, what happened ? Is everything okay? . Looks like something is troubling you. Can you kindly tell me what is going on?.

“With a lot of hesitancy in her voice Rekha replied, “ I am unable to express what is going on in my mind. Inspite all things going on smoothly with regard to Ria’ s admission and arrangements, I strongly feel somewhere something wrong is going to happen. I am unable to give a reason for my impetuous feelings. My gut feelings say that Ria should postpone her journey to some other date instead of travelling tomorrow. On hearing this Ram was confused.

He replied “ I can understand why such feelings are troubling you. As a mother you are finding it hard to accept her going far away and I can totally agree your apprehensions. But, we have to accept the reality, isn’t it?.” Rekha replied back, “ True that I have already started missing her, but, I want to clarify that these thoughts are not because of her going away. It is beyond that. I am unable to express the reason behind my unexplainable feelings . With confused thoughts in their mind both of them went to sleep were waiting for the Sun to rise soon.

Next day Ria was very happy and excited. Her flight was in the midnight. She had planned to reach airport before hand. Very less time was left for her to finalise the packing. Her suitcases were filled with home made snacks and eatables by her mother. With less time left to pack and leave Ria was busy. But she could notice that her mom was not in her usual self. She could see a different body language of her mother today.

She went and hugged her mom and told, “ Mummy I can understand your feelings. Don’t worry. I will take care of myself properly. And will call you guys regularly “. At once her mom’s eyes welled up with tears. In a whimpering tone she replied,” I have a request dear. Will you listen to me?. I feel you should postpone your trip by a day or two. I don’t know why but I strongly feel you should cancel the flight tickets for today”. Ria didn’t expect this from her mom. In a sombre tone she cajoled her mom and replied “everything has been arranged mom. I cannot change her itinerary now”.

Rekha could sense some uneasiness and butterflies in the stomach. But these butterflies sensation was not a happy one but a heavy and fearful. It was raining heavily outside like the sky was falling down.The weather too also added more to her anxiety. But no on was ready to understand her. She had a premonition of some imminent disaster is in the waiting.

The cab was waiting to go the airport. Ria, her mom and dad stuffed all the luggages inside the car. It was raining so heavily that they got drenched within few seconds. With a sense of melancholy Rekha sat in the car. After driving for few kilometres they got stuck in a traffic jam. It looked like the usual traffic jam for the driver. Seconds, went on to minutes, but there was no sign of traffic clearing up. The car couldn’t be reversed as the there were cars at the back too. Not a centimetre to move. There were many traffic police men standing to control the chaos. Slowly people got down from the car to find out the real reason for this stagnant traffic.

Somebody came shouting” The flyover has partially broken and fallen down. That is why the cars are stranded. We may not be able to move from here for at least for few more hours. It is very chaotic in the place where the incident has happened. So we have to wait till all things are cleared”.

Hearing this Ria, became anxious. She had lots of security and other procedure to follow before boarding the flight. If this traffic isn’t going to clear for few more hours then it will be tough for her to catch the flight. Her parents could sense the prevailing tense situation .It was raining and traffic choc-o-bloc they couldn’t do anything but simply sit and stare at the situation.

With no immediate respite from this agony they could only keep calm. As time passed it became clear beyond doubt that Ria may not be able to catch the flight. Ria started crying inconsolably. Ram and Rekha were feeling helpless and speechless with the sudden unexpected developments.

There was a clarity by then that it was impossible to catch the flight. They had to decide a Plan B. With no mood to decide a plan B the family was sitting and staring out at the heavy rains. At that point , a message came in all their mobiles. They saw the message and all three of them became dumbstruck. It was a heart wrenching news they had received. It was such a depressing news to hear.

At the same moment they could see the cab driver who was with other drivers running towards their car with a shocked expression on his face. He came near the car and told in a loud voice ” Sir, a major disaster has happened in the airport just now. The flight which took off few minutes before dashed into a building near the airport and has blasted completely it seems. Is this the same flight which your daughter was to board?

“ALAS” it was true. They were totally shocked. To their disbelief it was the same flight which Ria had to catch. Ram replied in a shocked and depressed tone ,” yes, it is the same flight my daughter was to board”. With tears welling up in their eyes they were sat still with mind going numb totally. Ria and Ram could recollect how Rekha was hell bent and requesting her to change the journey date.

Rekha in a sobbing tone said,” I have been trying to tell since yesterday that something bad is going to happen. You all didn’t understand. I had some intuition that all is not well for Ria to travel today. But I don’t know the reason for such feelings”. Ram and Ria patted gently on her back. Overwhelmed with sorrow all three of them hugged together and cried. All three of them returned home after the traffic cleared.

And few days after Ria left for pursuing her higher studies. She could reach the airport in time, board the flight and reach the destination safely too. This time around Rekha also didn’t experience any gut feelings of negativity in her mind too.

ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL 👍🏻😁.

Now coming to this ,“INTUITION,A GUT FEELING, SIXTH SENSE”, it is a feeling which cannot explained why, when and how these feelings comes in our mind. There is no logic to explain why at times we are able to foresee a situation both good as well as bad. These instincts pop in our head to throw a light on what the end result ought to be. This is a common thing experienced by each and everyone in his/her/their life.

These instincts are rare feelings which do not pop up often. These gut feelings do give us a blanket of security and relief if we foresee a good thing happening. Vice versa, if we foresee a bad thing to happen then there is this gnawing thought which won’t go away and a pit like feeling in the stomach. Once that time passes our mind and body omens back to our normal form.

Astrologers, Soothsayers, Tarot Card Readers predict to give an outline of what is in store for us in our future. Likewise we all seldom become soothsayers for fraction of a second to perceive what the outcome could be eventually in our time of crisis..

INSTINCTS AND INTUITIONS ARE BOONS WHICH HELP US FORESEE THE FUTURE, but , IT OCCURS VERY RARELY THOUGH😌”.

Do you believe in Sixth sense? If so, it would nice to hear in the comments .