Click on: I agree

In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Decisions, Decisions.”

We mindlessly click on I agree when we download an app, subscribe to a website and when we drink or eat without reading the labels. Programmed to be on auto-pilot has led to a life swallowed by Piracy of privacy and breach of trust. But life decisions are not the same as installing a software, we do know that the software if it goes awry can be uninstalled. Such is not the case with life decisions, as it leads to consequences.

I have taken my life decisions based on hunch which is a result of experience. I go for gut feeling when I know the one at stake is me. I believe I have the strength to over come any dearth of happiness or excitement that might rise out of such choices. Premonition gives me the strength to see through the decision.

It is true that gut feeling is God’s way of showing the path and is not adulterated. But the inner sense has to be strengthened by thorough reasoning. Its not the same as blindly taking a foolish decision, rather to have a strong foundation in life lessons which makes the gut feeling appeal to mind and soul.

I’m reminded of a quote by Mohammed Iqbal, a well-known poet from Pakistan, an ultimate quote on intuitiveness

“Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqder se pehle
Khuda bande se khud pooche bata teri raza kya hai.”

Translation: “Elevate yourself so high that even God, before issuing every decree of destiny, should ask you: Tell me, what is your intent?”

May we all possess such strength of character and soul that makes us sure of our keen intuition.

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