It takes quite a bit to discourage my usually sunny disposition but yesterday was “one of those” days. I had occasion to be in the same space with someone who isn’t normally there. At first I giggled about her negativity, telling myself, “It’s just her age”, but after about an hour of consistent complaints about the work she was left to do, negative talk about a friend of mine, and even an insult about a photo of me that was published in an upcoming paper, I retreated to my room in defeat.
I didn’t take her comments to heart so much as they just zapped my energy.
What she didn’t know was that I all ready had some very heavy things weighing on my heart. If I were any one else, her attitude might have descended into me and ruined my entire day. Instead, I decided to block it out and say a prayer for her instead.
In the afternoon, I stopped on the way home to cash a check and pick up some groceries for the weekend. I went to my favorite cashier and noticed immediately that she wasn’t her usual, gregarious self. I smiled at her, asked her how she was and she immediately started telling me about some of her issues. Seems her boyfriend had broken up with her and she was feeling lonely. She mentioned Charlie and I and what a solid and fun couple we seem to be. I thanked her, encouraged her not to give up hope, we finished our transaction and I started to leave.
When I got to the door I remembered the woman I’d began my day with and how her attitude affected me so negatively. I turned around and said to her, “You know, you are our favorite person in this store. You do the best job and you always make us smile and I see that you do this for every single person. This store has a real asset in you!” She lit up like a Christmas tree and thanked me profusely.
We said a few more words and for NO apparent reason I asked her if she knew a friend of mine. Her eyes grew wide and she flew over to me and hugged me exclaiming that the person I’d mentioned used to be her very best friend in the world. We stood there talking a bit more and I promised to go right home and send a message to her to tell her about our exchange.
As I made my way out of the store, I felt giddy about having changed the way her day was going and though I was still carrying a problem in my heart, it didn’t feel as heavy. That sweet lady was so happy when I left her and so was I.
Important lesson for me to remember: I have a choice about how I react to others. It took no greater effort for me to say a few kinds words than it would have for me to have kept my mouth shut. I chose to leave her with positive energy over leaving her with nothing or worse: the negativity I began the day with.
Long ago when I used to write another blog, I would always end it with messages from the angels. I’ve decided to start listening to my angels more fervently because they always help to put me right on the correct path and I need that right now. Whenever I do a card reading for myself, I always ask that it be meaningful for others as well. So, if you find meaning in anything below, know that it was meant for you to find here.
From The Angels:
Truth & Integrity: You have the strength to stand strong in the midst of difficult situations, and the wisdom it takes to make good decisions. If something in your life isn’t working, be willing to release it to God and the angels.
Understand you are important, and know that you are called to add value to the world around you. No matter where you are in life today, you have potential to increase, grow, to be strengthened, and to move forward. God created you for His good purpose and you are His masterpiece!
Listening: It’s easy to get busy in life trying to do everything at once. You can listen and work at the same time but sometimes multi-tasking isn’t the best use of our time. Sometimes we have to stop, look people in the eyes, and give them the gift of listening.
We need to take time to deposit value in their hearts. We need to support one another, and listening is an amazing way of doing just that.
As you go about your day, the angels remind you to give people the gift of listening. It seems like such a little thing, but those little deposits will eventually make a big difference. When you make deposits in people, you are making deposits in eternity, and that is what pleases the heart of God.
Healing: The highest purpose of your healer guides is to restore your self-awareness and self-esteem as children of God and help you accept the love and unlimited blessings that God grants you.
Opening your heart and mind to your worthiness is the best healing of all.
(The cards I used today: © Doreen Virtue, Healing with the Angels)
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23-24
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