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Listen to that "little voice" |
For many years I had worked midnight shift. I used my "lunchtime" (3:30a.m.-4:00a.m.) to run errands at all-night stores, gas stations, etc. I frequently went to the drive-thru ATM up the road, thinking nothing of it.
One morning, I was stopped at the ATM drive-thru and after looking around to make sure nobody was around, I started to insert my card. This voice in my head said "Don't do that!" I was caught completely off-guard, wondering where this sudden fear came from. I looked around again, not a car or person in sight, so I started thinking I was just paranoid and started to insert the card again. The voice came back, "Don't do that!"
I remember thinking at that moment, "So this is the voice people talk about that tells you to do or not to do something". I decided to listen to the voice. Just then I saw a car coming up over the hill in front of me. The driver pulled into the closed gas station in front of this ATM machine, but behind the ATM machine, where I couldn't see him.
I immediately pulled out of the drive-thru and looked where the car had gone. It was parked there behind the ATM a few feet, the drivers door was wide open, and a large man was running to the ATM! I sped out of there as fast as I could!
I was totally shaking like a leaf, thinking of how close I came to being robbed and/or killed! If I had gone ahead & put the card into the machine, I would've waited for it to come out. |
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| Alias | Date | Reply |
| §ilent Echo |
11/26/2005 3:41:00 AM |
The Human Psyche is a Powerful Gift (-: Best to listen to it when it is loud and clear! |
| KatScan |
11/26/2005 6:03:00 AM |
Im glad you took heed to that instinct and are safe. |
| Perpetually Bored |
11/26/2005 6:17:00 AM |
I'm glad you listen and everything turned out okay. This happens to me a lot, and everytime I have not listen, something bad has happened to me. After nearly 29 years, I'm just now begining to listen..lol. It took me a little while.. |
| hollie |
11/26/2005 8:11:00 AM |
Great post. That's a valuable lesson we should all learn to do, to just listen to our gut even when we don't like what it's trying to tell us. Hopefully someone will read this and it will stop them from making a bad decision in the future because they will be reminded of what you have written here |
| So Sweet Sofia |
11/26/2005 11:56:00 AM |
Glad you're ok. I would've been scared to death. Thanks for sharing. |
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