Feelings - The language of the Universe

When I woke up this morning, the first thought I had was - I am not going to the gym today. This thought was 15% grogginess and 85% gut feeling.

It's really hard to undo all the programming I've received during the span of my life, like: exercise X number of times a week, eat this, be nice, push hard, stand up, sit down....
It's not that I've been given wrong advice or poor examples to live by, it's just that I am shifting into a more feeling based way of living and hard and fast rules and blanket guidelines just don't seem to fit in my unique experience.

My dad taught me to trust my feelings. Since I was little he always said, "Kelly, one day you are going to get a feeling and you will need to make a decision." In his dad way, he was trying to tell me to get the hell out of a situation if something dangerous was going down. He was trying to protect me. I finally understand him now that I have my own children. I realize that statements like "Don't talk to strangers", "Hide" and "Run" are not going to keep me or my girls safe. What IS going to keep us safe is to rely on our own feelings in any given situation. A stranger might be someone's saving grace in a terrible situation. Every situation is different and we must trust what we think is best for us in that moment. This is true when we decide to have pancakes instead of a smoothie for breakfast. It's true when we decide to push ourselves harder than ever before at the gym or on a run, instead of taking it easy. And tomorrow when you wake up and your body is telling you to have a smoothie and take a nap, well, that's true too!
How can we possibly know every infinite detail of our Universe in any given moment and then use our brain to figure out what we should do? I've always been taught to gather as much information as I can before I make my final decision. Should I buy a Ninja blender or a Vitamix? Sometimes I become paralyzed in the details and end up doing nothing at all!
You know what is a whole lot faster than reading dozens of reviews online before buying a new camera? Use the language of the Universe - your emotions!
Try it. Hold your vitamins, your phone or your old comfy t-shirt in your hands. Be quiet and tune into your feelings. How do you feel when you are connected with this object? What thoughts arise and what emotions come up as these thoughts pass through your mind?
The only thing that matters, are your emotions. We live in an energy based Universe. We are all made up of energy and you are either in alignment and attracting something or you are not. Your emotions tell you if you are in or out of sync with something. Your emotional guidance system will lead you in the right direction every time! Your emotions and gut feelings line you up with the food, medicine, situations and people that you need in your life in any given moment.

So I am practicing NOT doing what I THINK I SHOULD do. Instead, I am cultivating my inner emotional guidance system and learning to trust what I feel is the right thing for me, in the unique and never to be replicated moments in my life.