The Babysitter’s Near-Death Experience

While I was working out at the gym one day, I saw a little old lady who used to babysit me and my brothers when we were little children. I will never the wonderful times we had with her. She was always making it so much fun. She wasn’t on the phone all the time or watching television. She wasn’t ignoring us kids like so many of the other babysitters my mother sometimes hired for us.

When I spotted her and her daughter in the gym, I walked over to greet her, and told her that I remember her very well. I also thanked her for giving me some wonderful memories and teaching me so many valuable life lessons. The one thing I specifically remember her telling me was to always be careful about what we “put into our minds.”At a young age she had already made me realize that what we think about can either help us or harm us. I have always held on to that wisdom in my life. Because it is truly worth more than gold.

One time, I asked her how she knew so much about things. She looked at me and said,“Moon, you know what, I died once.”

“What? No way!” I responded. I went to catholic school growing up, and near-death experiences were certainly not the kind of thing we were learning about in class.

“Yes, I was in the hospital,” she continued. “I had a major operation and I could not wake up afterwards.” Apparently, she had flatlined during surgery and they had struggled to revive her.

“I am very lucky to be here,” she said and then shared some very interesting things with me about her near-death experience (NDE). I still remember that when she first left her body her parents were both there to meet her and she could hear loved ones on the other side of the tunnel having fun. I also remember she said she felt like a ball of light at the time and that it felt so good. The next moment she was being pulled back into her body.

What I find more remarkable, however, is how readily many people in our society believe outlandish and unsubstantiated urban myths and conspiracies, yet disregard thousands of personal and consistent testimonies of miracles and near-death experiences from people throughout all cultures and religions ~ Mary C. Neal

She explained to me that much of her life wisdom came to her during her NDE. Among other things, it was revealed to her that what we choose to think about does affect our life and does bring to us that which we focus upon. We bring to ourselves that which we desire and pay attention to, both the good and the bad.

“We must always think of beautiful things and not ugly things,” she explained. “There’s enough of that in the world”.

Little did she know how I would apply her wisdom later in my life on a daily basis. I meditate regularly and I do yoga, and I use visualizations and daily affirmations to deflect all the negative things I see and hear about in the news and on social media.