It’s snowing
again!!! Here in SW Colorado, we are at
the western edge of the next big winter storm that is making its way over to
the upper Midwest. Even though we will
be getting back down to 0 degrees a few nights from now, we will not have the
many feet of snow, high winds or blizzard conditions that will occur east of
here. Whew!!
Whenever an
unexpected big weather event happens, or any other seemingly negative and unexpected
life event occurs, the first human reaction generally is “Why now? Why did this happen to me?” I am talking about anything from something
minor like a friend canceling a lunch date, to being stuck in the house for a
few days which looks like I will be, to getting a cold and missing
a few days of work, to something more serious like breaking a leg or even being
diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Now, there are many
reasons why these events occur, but since there is no such thing as an accident
or coincidence, this must be a part of your life plan. Your Higher Self and other higher aspects
have created this incarnational experience for you. In other words, you are the earthly extension
of your Higher Self and are here to create and experience. Everything that you experience here enhances
not only the greater you, but aspects of everyone else that you are connected
to.
Your Higher Self
does not intend to deliberately inflict difficulties on you just for the fun of
it. There must be a learning or
experience that you need to get. Since we
live in the 4th dimensional realm of polarity, there is also always
a corresponding positive to every negative. So for
every difficulty, there is a positive learning or a way out if you orient
yourself to look at life that way. You can fight against the difficulty, which
only gives it more power, or gracefully make a shift to a different future possibility.
Quite often, we humans
get so caught up with the distractions of life that we can literally start to
veer off of our path. Your Higher Self
knows when this is happening, and will send you some subtle messages as a wake
up and pay attention reminder. If these messages
are ignored, they will become more obvious in your physical world. I firmly believe in the rule of 3’s. The first reminder message can be gentle or
subtle. If ignored, the second is much
stronger, and if that is ignored, the hammer really comes down with the third
message.
For example, say a
person has been running around like a chicken with its head cut off, perhaps over
doing for others while neglecting their inner work. The first message may be a trip and stumble
on a curb. If that doesn’t get the
message through to slow down and pay attention, maybe a sprained ankle would occur
as the second message. If that doesn’t
do it, perhaps a slip and fall on the ice resulting in a broken ankle will do
the job. That would certainly keep the
person at home and attending to what is going on inside of them!
So, it really requires
that you pay attention to these messages and act on them. You have not been derailed for a random
reason. You are being asked to make a
course correction. Have you been too
busy with “busi-ness”? What about doing too
much for others and neglecting yourself?
Not saying ”no” often enough? Creating
too many distractions in your life to escape your issues or your pain? What about eating food that you know is not
good for you?
If you are on a
spiritual evolutionary path, you may have also given your Higher Self the
message that you will do anything this time around to resolve old stuff, drop
that baggage, and make this your last lifetime on planet earth. Believe me, your Higher Self will take that
intent from you and create many opportunities for you to fulfill upon that
goal. Life may accelerate because of
that, which means that you may need to pay closer attention so as not to miss
any opportunity to clean up your act.
Getting back to my
snowy day, I do not bemoan the fact that I have to cancel some activities
because of the weather. No snowshoeing
today! I just ask my Higher Self to
point the way to what I should be doing inside the house. Today, it was writing this blog, cleaning out
a messy kitchen cabinet, and taking some quiet time for introspection. Also some reading, which I have very little
time to do.
There you have
it. When something happens that stops you
in your tracks and appears to derail your plans, you are actually getting a
message. Stop, tune in internally, and
ask to be shown the silver lining in your cloud. It is always there. Where should you be going or what should you
be doing instead that is more productive and more in alignment with your true
self? Then go ahead and make your course
correction. See how that feels to you. I bet it will feel pretty good to have listened
and acted on the message that you received.