instinct

We've all found ourselves at a crossroads of some kind at one point in our life, which has resulted in our needing to make a hasty decision.

Without much time to think, we often feel the need to ignore logic, and simply go with our gut.

Generally speaking, these decisions aren't terribly consequential, even if we might come across some new information down the line which makes us feel better about our decision.

In some cases however, making a decision based purely on our instincts may have proven to be a life saving situation.

In spite of the fact that the life or death stakes were completely oblivious to us at the time.