The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-10

ahead, confident that their intui-
ton, that mysterious source Of
guidance, must be right. But, Of
course, it isn't always-it's often
wishful thinking in disguise. The
fact remains, viewer, that
whether you call it intuition or dis
avOw any belief in such q sixth
sense, women cut corners and cross
lots, arriving ahead Of the male
who charts his course by reason.
But don't forget that he Is not al
ways right either, which seems to
prove that the Judgment OF both
sexes is needed for important deci-
sionS.
Mother Instinct
AS a matter OF fact, there are
men, usually the successful ones,
who get lunches and are quite as
intuitive as women. They sense
things. 60 by first impressions and
cannot always give a reason for
their acts. It seems to please q
man, to flatter his ego, to think he
has come TO a conclusion through
sound reasoning and logic, just as
it pleases and flatters woman's
ego to believe she has jumped to .
a conclusion without benefit Of
thought or logic, merely by the In
fallible agency Of intuition.
You'll find most modern think
ers hold emo brief for either IN
stinct or intuition: they even rule
out mother-instinct, which seems
to be going to. extremes. OF course.
we've been reared In the mother.
instinct tradition, therefore thor
oughly believe in 1t and are dis
turbed by the suggestion that It Is
a fallacy. not a fact. We want to
believe in 1t and what we want to
believe in we do.
I am sure that as much evidence
can be found for as against
mother instinct. It seems reason
able to suppose that II animals are
given instinct for the protection Of
their young, humans would not be
denied it. We all, at times, seem to
react instinctively, which is to say
without pausing to reason out
cause and effect.
Love At First Sight
How does one 60 about explain
ing love at first sight? There's no
such thing. you think? But there
is plenty of evidence to prove 1t.
The first meeting between two peo-
pie may bring about such strong
mutual attraction that falling in
love is a foregone conclusion. It
just remains to fill in the details,
the pattern Is as clear as can be:
both magnetized parties know 1t
Immediately.
Is that instinct. intuition. or
what? Whatever one calls 1t. 1t
seems all to be part OF a plan.
which Is what life. no matter how
muddled It seems at times, proves
to be. Or am I wrong? Certainly.
no haphazard arrangement could
reach a goal unless each act and
circumstance dovetailed or each
sum added up to the prescribed
total. AS a matter Of fact. 1t seems
easier to believe In intuition than
1t does in some so-called Judgment.
Some people seem to have an in
stinct for making money. even
though their Judgment in other
cases is below par. Just as there are
some who have excellent Judgment
about people and on every other
subject but money.
There is unquestionably some
thing that galvanizes one into ac-
ton and I, for one. think intuition
is as good q name for 1t as any
other. We may not know or UNDER
stand what either intuition or in
stinct is, but our reason tells US
they are there to be used and acted
upon: the hard part is really to be
sure 1t isn't wishful thinking.