Hindsight is NOT 20/20 ...

If you were to think back on any given situation, where one would say "Hindsight is 20/20" would you agree, on some level that we saw THEN what we see so clearly NOW but ignored it?

Does this make sense?

I submit for your thought processes, that hindsight is NOT 20/20 but we see things right up front, but chose to ignore the signs or what we are seeing.

We logic them away, we make excuses, we make allowances for certain things and give the benefit of the doubt, or we assume someone is just having a bad day ... things like this happen all the time.

So ... the thing is, hindsight is NOT 20/20 ... we saw it all along ... we kind of, perhaps ... wished it away.

Sometimes because we are taught to think logically and not go by our instincts.

Sometimes because perhaps we want something so badly we are willing to make trade offs where we should not.

Sometimes because we give "too much" of the benfit of the doubt in the hopes that we are wrong.

Sometimes, we haven't developed the confidence in ourselves to recognize when we've nailed something right on the head, and we doubt ourselves as to what we're truly seeing.

Sometimes... simply, we just make excuses for bad behavior.

BUT ... again, I submit, for your thought processes that Hindsight is NOT 20/20. Because if it were...we wouldn't see those things so clearly later.

We just dismissed them initially ... for other reasons.

So, I'd submit, for your thought processing pleasure ... if you'd like to build up your confidence in your intuition, and really pay attention (be consciously aware of things) you think about times when you may have said "hindsight is 20/20" and then take it one step further ... and admit to yourself...

That you saw it at the time, but chose to ignore it. However, on some level you were right on target with what you saw.

I'm not saying to beat yourself up over this ... I am saying to start giving yourself some credit for seeing things as they truly are. To be aware of things so that you don't have to say "hindsight is 20/20" ...

Am I being clear? I woke up way too early today, and I need a nap...

:)