It took my third time through “Eat, Pray, Love” to pick up on the “big message”. I read the book once and watched the movie twice before I caught the golden nugget at the end of the story: begin to look at everything that happens around you as a clue on your path.
That was a big shift for me. Up until recently, I was fully entrenched in the idea that a problem was a problem. Worse though, I often looked at said problem as evidence of my conclusion that something was wrong with me or that I just wasn’t capable of succeeding.
Fortunately, I’m learning to treat myself much better and in turn my life IS much better.
Now I recognize that what appears to be a problem on the surface is very often the universe guiding my path. I call it “Universe at Play”. I imagine a yellow caution sign, not because we’re approaching a dangerous situation, but because it will serve us well to slow down enough to notice and appreciate the possibilities.
Here’s an example. A few months back, I was in the midst of what looked like a major problem. After an enormous amount of time and effort, I was putting the finishing touches on a website when I discovered a big glitch in the graphics.
(Let me preface this by saying that my area of interest and comfort is in the content, not the technical stuff.) I felt WAY out of my comfort zone and had no idea how I was going to resolve this issue. The pixels were all messed up! I had a hunch that the file was corrupted but I had no idea what to do about it.
Fortunately, I was able to stop myself before the pit in my stomach grew much further. I remembered the golden nugget advice and said to myself, “What if this isn’t a problem but is actually a clue on my path?” With that in mind, coupled with my complete lack of expertise in html coding, I decided to do the only thing I could do. I tried just deleting that image file, so that rather than having a header image, the top of the website would be in simple text format.
In the end, I absolutely loved the result! I realized that I wasn’t completely satisfied with the template that I had hired someone to create. It felt too “salesy” and even a bit hokey. By removing that header image, the rest of the template functioned correctly and the entire website was more in line with the message that I wanted to convey.
If I didn’t have that “problem”, I probably would have continued on with what the “expert” had created. Instead, I received a nudge in the right direction and ended up with a website that was much more authentic and effective.
How about you? Have you experienced a situation when a problem was actually a clue guiding your path?
Yes, this is a good reminder to live from the vortex of higher source energy and trust best solutions will flow. My son was looking for a truck to commute back and forth to high school and work. After a few months of looking and going to see vehicles to get a safety inspection at VIP we were wondering what to do.
He was feeling a bit challenged with the types of trucks available in price range that he wanted to spend. My wife and I were returing from church on a Sunday morning and saw a sporty looking step-side truck parked on side of rode. We stopped to look and liked what we saw so texted son to come see it.
He test drove the truck and made an offer and within a couple hours was driving home in a good looking first vehicle owned by a chief mechanic at an auto dealership. We were confident the truck was well maintained and were pleased when inspection sticker came due in January that it passed with no problems!
Thank you Universal Source Energy for flowing abundance into our lives as we remain in ease trusting in our higher selves…
Insights like this liven things up aornud here.
Real excellent visual appeal on this web site, I’d rate it 10.