Expanding Your Intuition Part II

The Lifestyle

“Beads, beads, beads!” The children and adults where shouting from all directions as I walked the parade route of the Gasconade County Fair last week handing out Tidbits Magazines and strands of multicolored faceted bead necklaces. How interested I became in how each request was made.

I was very warm, carrying 50 to a hundred papers in the bend of my left elbow, a bag of 6-7 dozen necklaces in my left hand and also in my left hand the current dozen necklaces which I was untangling to fill the many requests that I was hearing. My right hand quickly gave out papers and necklaces until my supply was gone and then I quickly ran to the open trunk of the decorated car that housed more beads and papers to fill up and return to the curb over and over again. Our town has a rule that all candy, paper and beads must be handed to the onlookers rather than thrown to ensure the safety of the children along the parade route. My oldest Son Corey had requested my assistance in promoting his new franchise the Franklin and Gasconade County Tidbits magazine.

I had many fond memories of building floats through out my life and eagerly agreed, as a mater of fact I had just helped Trevor’s class with float building for the high school Junior Class earlier that afternoon.

Perhaps it was the many hours in extreme heat that day that was putting my senses on alert, as children demanded I untangle the beads and give them the red strand or the blue strand. I was keenly aware of the uneasy feeling I had come over me when some little boy demanded three necklaces. I was also aware of the sadness I felt bubbling inside of me when I offered an elderly woman a tidbits ‘full of great money saving coupons’ and she said I’ll take one only if you give all of my 4 grandchildren necklaces. I was struggling hard to shed their projected feelings but when in the same 50 feet I had two interesting interactions. One little girl said “just a minute’ and motion me to a stop as I was trying to run down the street and catch up to the Tidbits car only to slowly reach down and grab her very full bag of parade goodies, open it and motion for me to place the beads in her bag. Fifty feet later a little girl bent over and asked me to put the necklace on her neck for her! Unbelievable I thought…I giving these free and everyone wants it given to them in their own unique way.

God offers happiness, peace, serenity, joy and unconditional love.

Then it happened, God showed me I was the same way. God offers happiness, peace, serenity, joy and unconditional love. However I can’t accept that and live it all the time because of the chaos of my mind chatter thinking.. .”I will be happy when…”or “I will be loving if…” ‘I will experience serenity when I get to…” These are the illusions, that keep me from my truth… my essence, my birthright of being unconditional love, serenity, peace joy and happiness. I was instantly reminded that every circumstance of life is an opportunity to become that which I am so diligently seeking.

This is so important when I want to tune in to my  intuition. These gentle parade faces reminded me once again to focus with gratitude on what I am handed in life! This is the lifestyle that naturally opens ones connection to the subtle whispers of God.

Donna Nicks RPT

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