Are you spray painting the red flags hot pink A few ways to know

Are you spray painting the red flags hot pink A few ways to knowAre you spray painting the red flags hot pink A few ways to knowTheres not a soul on this planet that gets it right all of the time. It doesnt matter how intuitive, cautious, insightful, or clairvoyant you are. Theres a wild amount of unknown in the choices of ur daily lives. Which means youre going to get it wrong. Youre going to do it wrong. Youre going to decide wrong. Youre going to take thousands of wrong turns in your life.But some of those can be avoided.Not every wrong choice is a bad, wrong choice. Theres two buckets of wrong choices, if you will. Theres the ones we made with all of the best information we had at the time. And then theres the ones that we chose to make even though we knew better. Like way better. But we didnt want to face it, or acknowledge it, or use our voice, or ask for more clarity, or push for more of what we thought was right. So instead, we justified the decision despite all of the info rmation around trying to gently nudge us back to our own knowledge.And what no one acknowledges is how scary and lonesome and sometimes upsetting making the right decision will be. The right one, the one that goes with the knowledge we know to be true, the one that sees the red flags and follows their urging, can be as painful as it is right. Otherwise, you would have just done it to begin with. Right isnt always easy, which is why you get so committed to spray painting the heck out of those red flags until theyre neon with pink.Looking back, youll always know thats exactly what you did. But what matters is knowing why you did it and what you were scared of. And importantly, how to keep the pink spray paint in the cupboard. Ive found in my own life, anytime theres a situation where my gedeihlich was screaming but I ignored it and made the situation as right as I wanted to make it, the universe would hand me a blow up in order to get me back on the path. And trust me, you dont want t hat blow up. It feels like way more of a category-five breakdown.If youre not sure whether theyre red flags, or red flags that youve covered with pink, take inventoryAre your friends tip-toeing around advice? You know. But you dont want to know. Try asking them straight, What do you really, truly think? But be ready for the answers. And only ask this of people you deeply, genuinely trust. It might be a truth you cant unhear.Ask yourself what youre scared of. You might find that when you can honor your fear, you can let go of the delusion youve created for yourself and just face the red flag.Ask how well the situation is working for you Your answer may surprise you. You can stop trying to make certain paths work for you. And instead choose the path thats actually bound to work. Even if its scary.If a situation is tricky, unknown, or unsure, its OK. It doesnt mean that its not the right path. Often, the right paths are hard as hell. But you dont want to be making certain choices hard er than they need to be by ignoring your gut and ignoring your truth. Red flags are OK, theyre pointing you to the celebratory flags of a path of magic. Ones that are actually hot pink.This article was originally posted on MaxieMcCoy.com.