Listen

You know that voice in your head?  The one that says, "turn left here...I know you usually turn right, but not this time."  The one that says, "no, don't speed though this light, wait."  The voice that says, "I know this is different, but go with it."

Listen to that voice.

Maybe you'll miss a terrible collision.  Maybe you won't get the next speeding ticket.  Maybe you'll meet someone who will change your life.  Hell, maybe you just won't be rushed to get where you don't want to be anyway.  It doesn't matter.  Just listen.

Because, maybe something will happen.

I've had a lot of instances when I wondered if it was coincidence or if the universe was guiding me to small moments.  

This evening, I turned around when I normally would've gone the long way home.  I sat at a light for what felt like forever when normally I would've already been in my driveway.  I had my windows down even though it was way past the temperature that usually has me face first in the air conditioner vents. And someone I thought I would never see again drove right back into my life.  If I had done any one of the "normal" things, I wouldn't be grinning right now.  If I had ignored the voice that gave me directions, he would still be in the past.

So, listen.  Turn left.  Slow down.  Go with it.

Maybe it won't save your life, but it just might turn your evening around.