If you are swimming in shark infested waters and your gut immediately tells you to get out of the water then do so.

The point is...gut feelings are often a matrix of many facts gathered over a lifetime. In a split second we feel we are acting spontaneously but logic is informing decisions as well.

Sometimes we try to override gut feelings with wishful thinking and then we get into trouble.

For example, we want to trust the world when our gut feeling tells us the world can be dangerous. (It's maybe sad to have to carry pepper spray but I do and advise all women to do so. I have had to use it and it works.)

We learn from our mistakes and sometimes they cost us dearly in terms of material goods or even our emotional and physical safety. But we integrate loss and survive. I think if I trusted my gut feelings I would make less mistakes and encounter more "happy coincidences." (Law of Attraction)