Intuition

In case you don't feel like reading this all the way through, here is my message--

Women: Listen to your intuition and act on it!

I just had a great dinner with 6 other girl friends at a local mexican restaurant. Throughout the night I kept having a voice in my head saying, "Is your purse in an ok spot? Is it safe? Should I move it?" Well, rather than doing anything about it, I kept thinking, "I am in a nice restaurant. People are here to eat, not to steal. I shouldn't be so distrustful."

My friend Julie had been sitting next to me all evening. Well I must have been living under a lucky star because as we got up to leave, she realized her purse was gone, but somehow mine was still there. Hers had even been on strapped on her chair underneath her coat, but somehow two girls got it. We know it was two girls because another purse was also stolen while we were there. Apparently the girls came in and were looking around. When a waitress asked if she could help them, they just said they were looking for someone and left immediately. They seemed suspicious to alot of people, but since no one wanted to be mean or rude, we all gave them the benefit of the doubt.

All this to say, I was extremely lucky when I probably shouldn't have been. What I should have done was listen to my intuition and move my purse to between my feet. If my purse had been stolen, I would have been locked out of my house with no keys (because they were in my purse and Kyle is in London.) I wouldn't have known his phone number because it is just programed into my phone as #2 (and I don't have it memorized) and I would not have had any money because my cash card was in the purse. So I am saying my prayers of thanksgiving tonight and hoping that I have learned my lesson.

This whole incident got us to talking about how women are too trusting. A woman at our table told us that just recently she opened the door to a complete stranger because he was black and she didn't want to seem racist. He reached inside of the door once it was open and grabbed her arm. Luckily she was able to rip it away and slam the door. I think as women (and maybe sometimes men too) we don't want to seem rude, mean, racist, or sterotypical so instead we put ourselves at risk in order to seem nice.