Do you follow your Gut or listen to fear?

As I watched this video I could not help but think that there are times in life we feel trapped.  It doesn't matter if we are trapped in an unhealthy relationship, unhealthy lifestyle or financially trapped.  Then someone comes into our life that we see could help us find the solution.  When we finally break free of our trap we celebrate like this whale.

What I love about animals is that they rely on instinct, we call it our Gut.  The only difference between humans and the whale is that the whale instinctively knew he had found help and stayed for hours until it was done.  There are times in our lives that we see the possibility for a solution, but we don't take it.  Why?  because we are afraid.  There is no "guarantee" that it will be what we think it is.

For the Whale in this story, it was humans that caused his pain.  His solution????  Once again humans.  The whale didn't decide that it was humans that hurt me so to hell with those humans.  Forget them.  They won't help me.  Instead he went with his "Gut"  and spent hours getting help.  He swam away a few times believing that he was ok.  But as soon as he realized he was not completley free he came back.  He did not think "They didn't even do it right.  I thought they were going to help, but they didn't do a good job".  He came back over and over until he was completely free!!!!  What decisions are you making in your life based on fear of failure, fear of being hurt, fear that it will just happen again, fear that life will never change?  "One Decision Can Change Everything".  The whale celebrated because his life had been saved.  The people celebrated because they had saved a life.  How many times do we either not accept help or not provide help out of fear of being hurt?