Shooting from the hip, intuition, gut feelings, and the like are often used to justify the truth of one’s ideas without any reasons or evidence to accept them as such. Some go through much of their lives simply expressing whatever they are feeling and thinking in the moment, in a lived stream of consciousness that’s better reserved for shrink’s couch. In this sermon we’ll consider the vital importance of allowing reality to impress itself upon us rather than projecting our inner wishes and desires onto others and the world around us.

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