"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." ~ Albert Einstein What is your intuition telling you?

Lately I feel as if I've turned a corner in my outlook; almost as if I've come to an epiphany of sorts. After years of worrying about a multitude of situations both real and projected, my intuition is telling me that everything's going to be OK. It's a wonderfully freeing release, and I'm feeling much happier than I've been in a long time.

In pondering my list of worries:

• Finances have troubled me for years, but I've worked out a clear plan to pay off debts and can definitely see slow but steady progress in this realm.
• My mother has been a big worry since my dad died in 2002. The stress of losing him caused her macular degeneration to progress rapidly to the point where she's now almost completely blind. But I've moved her closeby in the past year, to a place where people check on her well-being daily and there are facilities for her to move into if she loses the little independence that she still has left. I no longer have to worry about her from afar anymore, which only added to the strain. I feel that a viable plan has been worked out for her, no matter what should happen.
• All has not been smooth sailing over the years in my marriage, but I'm seeing many recent improvements. We're planning more activities together, embarking on more weekends away, and finding more common ground. On our recent trip to Biloxi we were together for hours in the car, and I began reading humorous excerpts aloud from the book "A Walk in the Woods." It sounds like a small thing, but it felt really good to laugh together over many parts of that book. It was something I wouldn't have thought to do until recently; I simply would have read in silence while he drove.
• Who hasn't worried about their children? All three of mine (I'm including my stepdaughter), have definitely given us some gray hair at various times. Brianna and Ryan continue to struggle economically ever since Katrina, but they each have infectious personalities and great abilities to "win friends and influence enemies." Once they find their path in life, I really expect them to take off and accomplish wonderful things. Michelle is our loving, nurturing, nesting child, and she will be a great mother. She and Craig have struggled with finances as well, but he has a large, loving family who are local to this area, very supportive, and can be counted on in a pinch. Michelle and Craig will be all right in the long run. Julie is a lovable spirit full of adventure, ambition, and unrestrained zest. She's taken a few wrong turns in the road in the past, but has a clear idea now about where she's headed and what she wants to do. In my gut, I honestly feel that all my kids will not only be "just fine" but they will thrive.

My intuition is telling me that all is well, and that's a truly fabulous gift.