Long story short, I’ve been putting this off.
The world is calling for me to start sharing my voice in a really big way and I thought what better time to birth this new era than on the spring equinox?
If you followed along on my soul journey in 2021, you would know that I’ve been spiritual my whole life, but like most people in my metaphysical shoes, I shut down my gifts. Looking back now, I can see I was built for a world that didn’t yet exist. I felt out of place, alone, longed to go back home, and tried my best to just be “normal.”
I suffered with depression most of my life and although I don’t think back on any one time as being a “spiritual awakening,” I had many on-the-bathroom-floor dark nights of the soul. The thing that continued to get me through the most challenging times in my life was this deep knowing that I was here for a reason.
You’ve Always Had the Power
This whole process of becoming has been miraculous. I’ve known for a long time I was here for a reason, but I still questioned whether I was on the right path, doing it right, and the biggest question - will I know what I’m supposed to do when I’m needed?
Because I could so clearly see and feel the rift between the old and new ways when I left my job last fall, I knew a big change was coming. At that time, I kept hearing people predict we were headed for another pandemic, but even then I knew that wasn’t it. I remember saying we could feel something big was coming just like we did in the fall of 2019 before COVID, but that didn’t mean it was going to be the same thing. I thought it was more likely it would be something so big that we couldn’t possible imagine it, which was how COVID hit most of us.
A New Dawn
Long story short, I’ve been putting this off.
The world is calling for me to start sharing my voice in a really big way and I thought what better time to birth this new era than on the spring equinox?
If you followed along on my soul journey in 2021, you would know that I’ve been spiritual my whole life, but like most people in my metaphysical shoes, I shut down my gifts. Looking back now, I can see I was built for a world that didn’t yet exist. I felt out of place, alone, longed to go back home, and tried my best to just be “normal.”
Stories of the Road
The day I departed Surfside Beach, SC for Lexington, VA, I had only 358 miles on my agenda that would take six hours and twenty-four minutes without stops. I hit the road with nothing on my playlist, but found The Year of Magical Thinking, a 90-minute free story on Audible. It slowly unfolded to reveal and older woman whose husband passes away and daughter struggles with her health at the same time.
Heavy, dark clouds overshadowed my journey as I listened to this dark tale, but pockets of brilliant blue sky kept peeking out, offering hope of a brighter future. By 11:30am, the sun had begun to dominate the sky and the clouds were fewer and farther between, leaving plenty of blue sky. I picked up my next free 90-minute Audible called Stories of a Lifetime with Dan Rather.
Let’s Get Acquainted
I have always considered myself spiritual although from a young age I shied away from organized religion. As a young teen I read all the books I could find on metaphysical subjects, but had a habit of accidentally calling in some experiences that frightened me at the time. I solved this by shutting that aspect of myself down. It helped me feel more "normal" in the physical world I was living in.