spiritual messages
Remember, You Are Never Alone
The night is creeping up so quickly. You had so many plans for the day that has passed. You were sure that today was the day that miracles would come, that they would begin to flow. Yes, you have made some progress, you have removed some of the obstacles in your path, but here you are in the darkest part of the night, still in that place where doubt, anger, worry reign supreme.
In such moments we begin to feel alone. like a ship without a life raft, no one to call, no one to care.
Remember, we are never alone. The energies around us, the old ones, the ancients, the universe itself is here to hear our cry, our call. There are answers not only within ourselves, but there are messengers sent to Earth to listen, to hear, to care. These divine messengers come because the Great Spirit sends each one to us at just the right time.
An animal or bird we don’t normally see may appear on our path to instinctively give us the strength we may need on that path. An old beggar on the street asking for a few coins may speak words that stun us because they are exactly the words we needed to hear.
We reach out to chat groups for online support and hear craziness, advice that we can barely realistically believe. We have become cynical, forgetting that the universe puts what we need in our path when we need it.
There is no such thing as ‘being alone.’ We have the whole universe around us. So, sing out to the universe your pain, your despair. Your heart will receive the messages you need, the answers you want.
The Wonder Of Animal Communication
We are all members of a soul family. We choose our soul relationships to help us with the lessons we have come to learn in this life, and to share our gifts. We all have lessons and gifts to share with others. Our pets are also part of our soul family, and they also come into this world with their lessons and gifts.
I have a beautiful story to illustrate this. Several years ago, one of my clients lost her beloved golden retriever and was going through a difficult period of grief. A well-meaning friend then found a sweet puppy that she thought would be perfect for her, but when they contacted the shelter, the dog had already been adopted by someone else.
A few weeks later, my client received a call that the puppy had been returned to the shelter for some unknown reason. She adopted him immediately and named him Merlin. Wondering why he had been returned to the shelter, she came to see me with Merlin to see if he could give us any clues.
When I looked into Merlin’s eyes, he immediately made it clear that he specifically wanted to be adopted by my client. The other family was supposed to have another dog, so he made sure they gave him back by behaving as badly as possible!
Merlin explained that they needed to be together because they are part of the same soul family, and he came into her life to help her resolve certain childhood traumas that were preventing her from feeling loved and accepted.
Everyday Messages From The Angels
Angels are the divine messengers and sacred helpers of the spirit realm. They are spirit beings of pure light and love, and without ego. My mother consistently relied on the angels for guidance and support when I was a child, and she encouraged me to do so too in prayer and meditation.
Mom also had angel art and ornaments on display in every room of our house. They were gentle, daily reminders that the angels are always with us. Whenever visitors would enter our home, they would usually ask what was up with all the angels, and mom’s reply would be: “Can’t we all use the extra bit of help?”
Clients have asked me over the years how I know for sure that it’s an angel, and not another spirit entity I am communicating during readings. With angels the energy is very distinct and undeniable. It feels like being wrapped in a soft, fluffy blanket of light, love and peace. The angels also never interfere with our soul’s mission, they never tell us what to do, and they only intervene in our lives when we ask them to.
When we ask for their help, the angels send us signs and synchronicities, including cledons. In ancient times, cledonism or cledonomancy was a kind of divination based on chance events or encounters, including random words spoken by strangers in public. These everyday signs or omens can come to us in various miraculous ways, such as hearing something said on the radio or television, or overhearing a conversation in a restaurant, on the bus, or in a supermarket, or reading a license plate, bumper sticker, or billboard.
Working With The Angels
I have worked with angels and spirit guides most of my life, and have discovered many lovely ways to receive guidance and support from these celestial beings. Although it may seem all too simple, all we really need to do is ask. Our guides and the angels need our consent to intercede on our behalf. The only exception to this I have ever experienced is emergency situations, when angels appear to rescue or protect us from imminent danger. But even in these cases, you often find that the rescued person said a prayer or two before the angels showed up.
The angels wish for us to seek their assistance in small or large matters, and they delight in helping us. We each have one or two guardian angels, who are with us from birth, but there are many other angels and archangels that support and guide us in different matetrs. We simply need to ask! The restrictions of time and space, as we know it in this physical world, does not apply to the angelic realm, so they can help us all at the same time and at any time.
One of my most memorable personal experiences with the angels was the time I engaged three contractors to do refurbishments at my home. I paid each of thm significant sums of money upfront to purchase the necessary materials, and so on. But as soon as they had the money they suddenly became impossible to reach! All three of them kept pushing forward the agreed dates to start and complete the work.
Rather than getting frustrated or upset, I immediately turned to Archangel Metatron, who can bend time and space, and Archangel Michael, who is our great protector. I asked them both to kindly exert their loving influence on the hearts of the contractors, and to give them a gentle, yet firm nudge to get started on the work. I then thanked the angels and blessed all that would be working on the projects.
Life Lesson From A Resilient Robin
A few days after I saw a robin attempting to build a nest on a neighbor’s balcony in my apartment building, I spotted another robin with a chest covered in mud. I was thrilled, as I knew this meant a little miracle of life was going to happen. And, it did. Three days later, she laid her clutch of tiny blue eggs in a nest built in a perennial shrub, next to the complex entry way where residents come and go all day.
Her strategy for building the nest in such a busy location became apparent two days after she had laid her eggs. A pack of savage crows descended on the nest, tragically cutting her clutch in half. Unlike the other robins, she had built her nest here so that she could potentially depend on human activity for added protection. Sadly, her plan failed.
Crows are one of the most intelligent bird species on the planet. They know and remember their potential enemies and prey. She may have cleverly built her nest here, hoping to avoid them because there are constantly humans around, but keeping crows away can be a real challenge, because of their intelligence and their adaptability. Things that scare them off at first, soon does not bother them anymore.
The crows were however the least of the strategic robin’s problems. After the crow rampage, the landscaping crew came through the property, using a weed whacker on the shrub where her nest was located. I later found her outside. Assuming she was traumatized and stress-foraging, I felt really sad for her. But she stared at me questioningly, then flew into a tree, while I feebly tried to console her. “All your efforts have been in vain,” I sadly thought while looking at her.
The Angel That Saved Me
I love to go hiking, often alone. Over the years I have had a few scary moments. One time, it was an encounter with a rattlesnake, another when lighting struck a mountain ridge very close to me. Fortunately, I have not had any incidents with bears or mountain lions!
However, I did have one very frightening experience involving another person. I was walking back down in a quiet, wooded area, about one hour away from the trail’s end, when a man came walking up towards me. We exchanged brief greetings, as he passed by me, and I continued down the path.
But then he stopped, turned around, and followed me.
“I think I’ll hike back down with you,” he said, once he caught up with me. The tone of his voice sent a shiver down my spine.
“Thank you, but I am actually needing a little alone time today,” I replied politely and just kept walking. But he ignored what I said and kept walking next to me, speaking in a manic way.
My intuition prompted me to keep walking and just let him talk. My gut instinct was telling me that if we were to stop, the situation might escalate! Meanwhile, I could feel my energy shifting to my lower chakras (fear, fight, flight) and had to work very hard to stay centered in my upper chakras (intuition).
The stranger became increasingly excited with our ‘conversation’ and it was apparent that he was mentally unstable. He began talking about “loving first times,” while I sensed the danger increasing. My intuition was now in high gear and I started praying silently in my mind. “Please help, please. If ever I needed a guardian angel, then it is right now.”
The Messenger Must Know When To Hold Her Peace
Ever heard of “less is more?” Well, there is a lot of spiritual truth in the saying. It is especially valid in this day and age, where everyone seems to have preconceived ideas and strong opinions on just about everything. Sometimes saying less, or even saying nothing at all, is enough, and usually for the best.
Saying nothing can be very empowering and liberating. We have free will to choose how we want to spend our time and energy. I choose to focus on things that are for my highest good, and those I care about.
It is not our duty to correct every misinformed opinion or ignorant viewpoint we encounter. Does that mean we should be self-absorbed and uncaring? No, certainly not. But we can also not make the world a better place by wasting our precious time and energy trying to fix everyone, and correct everything, while our own inner peace and well-being suffers.
Compassion, charity, and kindness are all much needed in the world today, but not if it is constantly at our own expense. I therefore prefer to wisely pick my battles, and stick to my lane. One person cannot be everything for everyone. We must focus on our own unique strengths and capabilities when helping others.
If we randomly go out on a limb to help everyone with advice and support, it is often not appreciated and frequently met with negativity and resistance. Not to mention trying to point out the facts or truth of a matter, which can be very risky these days! There are some things in life people just need to figure out for themselves. They don’t always need to hear it from us.
