Nikhil Sarvankar: Traffic Lights

Traffic Lights [ooo]

We love them, hate them, curse them, thank them and what not, but the only thing we can't do is IGNORE THEM because they CHANGE THINGS.

Imagine a day without it and suddenly all the cars and vehicles start to miss them. The traffic policeman starts being grumpy and irritating. The street crossing pedestrians well their risk of life doubles instantly. Everything goes out of sync, and order soon turns into madness. That's not good for anybody now is it?

The Oxford Dictionary defines light as 'The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.' There is a very interesting thing about these lights these traffic lights and that is God Has Hardwired every human being on this planet with these same TRAFFIC LIGHTS. Now you may ask what? Traffic Lights and us? Whats the relation? Have You ever felt that urge to do something so much that you end up doing it and it turns out right? That's because your traffic light is constantly reminding you about the green signal to do that particular thing. You were directed to do that thing just as the employees are directed by their boss to do things.Similarly have you ever felt about buying something but somehow you don't buy it because something feels odd? Happens to be that the thing you were planning to buy had some fatal flaw or else you learn that you are bound to receive a much improved product and it turns out right? That's because you were shown the red light by your system. You were warned about it in advance and you end up thanking yourself for not doing it.

These biological traffic lights within us is nothing but our 'GUT FEELING'. Its the inner feeling that guides us in the confusion of choices. Choices are like those yellow lights, you can either go ahead or stop. And the gut shows you the right way when you don't know what to do next. Your system already makes the right decision for you its only a matter of following it. Why is trusting your gut so powerful? Because your gut has been cataloging a whole lot of information for as long as you’ve been alive. “Trusting your gut is trusting the collection of all your subconscious experiences,” says Melody Wilding, a licensed therapist and professor of human behavior at Hunter College. Its like listening to your heart when your brain starts screwing you with those yellow lights.

Traffic jams anywhere do nothing but stop movement, stifle growth and progress, and its time we bring this madness into order. So the next time you feel something odd about a decision or you feel something really good about a decision, JUST FOLLOW your TRAFFIC LIGHTS they somehow know where you truly want to go and deep down you already know the truth.

- By Nikhil Sarvankar