Traveler's Dream — September 11, 2011

by Sandy Penny

     Surf’s Up!

     These days, the “life is like surfing” metaphor is definitely appropriate. What seems like a big wave of energy hits, and you start paddling with it, trying to take advantage of the moment, and suddenly it drops. What now?

     Did you misread the signs? Did you try to force something that was not meant to be? Not necessarily. We are moving through so many changes in this major “shift” that what’s appropriate in one moment may already have passed by the time you make a decision.

     So, how do you handle the craziness, the changes, the disappointment? That’s a very good question, and not an easy one to answer. I’m in the middle of a transition like that myself. I left New Mexico and headed back to Houston with a great project in hand. By the time I got here, the house I was going to reside in had already been sold, and the project had completely morphed into something I no longer wanted to do.

     First reaction, freak out, moan and groan and sigh repeatedly while rolling my eyes. My son would say, “Should I call the waaaahmbulance?” After the initial wailing and gnashing of teeth, I had to sit down, get quiet and do whatever might bring me back to center. Do whatever that is for you: take a deep breath, listen to soothing music, journal, talk to friends, and ask “what now?”

     I always attach this phrase to my manifesting, “If not this, something better.” And it usually works well for me. The trusting and waiting for the “something better” is the hardest part. It’s a good time to review all the times that something better did work out and remind yourself that life is a journey, not a destination.

     When I was sent by Spirit to New Zealand, three days before I left, I was told in meditation that I would not be doing what I was originally going there to do. I would not be staying where I thought I’d be staying.

     I had the choice at that point to not go, but I figured if Spirit went to all the trouble to get me a ticket and help me close out my life here, then it would probably be worth it to see what was being offered. In a spiritual life, leaps of faith are required.

     Less than a week after I arrived in NZ, I was no longer staying where I thought I’d be staying. When wondering what to do next, not having planned for the expenses of being on my own, I asked for guidance. I was in a foreign country with no friends, not even any acquaintances and very little money. I was trying hard not to freak out. Again I had the choice to use my return ticket home. But I didn’t want to do that. I wanted to see what else Spirit had in mind.

     I picked up a free spiritual newspaper, and my attention was drawn to an ad for a psychic. I thought if I spoke with a psychic, I could find out if there was a place where I could do readings, or a center I could work with. Something. Anything.

     When I called the phone number, I got the Crystal Web, a metaphysical shop in Aukland. The voice on the phone said the psychic who placed that ad was from Australia and had gone back home. After relating my dilemma, she said to stop over to see her, and if we hit if off she had a room I could stay in and I could do whatever readings were generated from that ad. What are the chances of all that coming together? Without even meeting me, she offered a possibility. She too was working from her spiritual guidance.

     Spirit has plans, ways and means we cannot fathom and wouldn’t believe if we were told in advance. It is only by being open and not controlling the process that we get the full benefit of the magic in life.

     We are all travelers, and a life is a dream. What is your traveler’s dream? What is your passion? How are you being led in the direction of your highest and best good? My guides like to say, “A window of opportunity has been opened for you to do some really wonderful things, be watching.”

     Are you watching? I know I am—even if I do freak out. In the end, my faith and experience with Spirit has proven itself worthy of my trust. Most of my greatest experiences have come from taking that leap of faith and learning to fly when the earth falls away beneath my feet.

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