Short story: John obeys his intuition, but then he stuffs things up anyway.

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John GrenvilI was watching the news on tv, at 7.15 pm at night, when he got a feeling to ring his brother. John immediately went into his study, and he called his brother on his mobile phone. After a few minutes talking, John noticed that his home phone was flashing. Someone had left a message on it. John's home phone is attached to his desktop computer now, due to the NBN (National Broadband Network) being installed here, in his country of Australia. This meant that his old direct line home phone was cut off now. The problem with this new arrangement is that John cannot hear it ringing from his loungeroom. John was thinking, while talking to his brother, that this other call might be an important call. "After all, l am running a small business from home," he was thinking to himself, while stressing himself out about it too. "I must have missed it ringing before." "Who knows how long ago that call was made. I should check it now." Maybe, I can still reclaim their business, it might not be too late to call them back right now." Such were the thoughts going urgently through John's mind. John wound up the call to his brother. John checked the message. It was from John's brother for him, asking him to call him. He had left his message at exactly 7.15 pm, exactly when John had had that feeling to call him. John felt bad then about his cutting his call to his brother short. After all, it was a Sunday, and his wife never liked him taking business calls at the weekend anyway. Why couldn't he had just left it, relaxed, and enjoyed his call to his brother in the moment of that call? What is the lesson here, if any, for John? The lesson, as is any other lesson, is to feel the love. John felt it, but then he cut it off too. We should always do the most loving thing first. Here, it was for John to put his brother first, and let all else fall off the so-called urgent basket. Here was a chance to call his brother, and to spend some quality time talking to him, without being enamored by anything else. John's brother was hard to contact at most times when John called him, and here his intuition had set up this call for him, so he could talk to his brother, when his brother was home and available, without his missing the call, as he would have otherwise. Photo Credit: The photo used here belongs to the writer of this article. John's home phone was hidden away in a corner in his study. He missed many calls at the weekend, but during the week, he was sitting in his study, at his computer, so it was not a problem for him then.