So I woke up this morning with a lot of
things on my mind. That’s unusual for me
as I tend to stay in a calming state of mind.
It is important not to suppress your thoughts. Let them come and go as quickly as they
appeared. But this morning for some
reason thoughts were swirling fast, one after another, and staying with me.
Thoughts like “can I get these deadlines met at work today”, “what bills needed
to be paid this week”, “why did my ex who I haven’t heard from in in six years
call me at all places, at my office…what does he want”, “I need to call my
mother”, “what’s my next move in my career”, “did I unplug the coffee pot”? I mean everything that I could possibly think
of was coming at me this morning and it was hard to shut it off.
I went downstairs to warm up my car and
put in my earplugs. I searched for songs
from two of my favorite female artists Jill Scott and Erykah Badu. I love Jill for her truthful, righteous words
and Erykah for her soulful vibration that flows from her soul to mine. It calmed me but I was still thinking. As I pulled up to a red light, I was directly
behind a black car, all I could see was the back, the trunk. Then all of a sudden, out of nowhere the word
FOCUS appeared as big as day. The car, traffic, red light and music all
disappeared and all I saw was that word.
I sat there for what seemed like a long time just staring at this larger
than life word in front of my eyes, and then it clicked. FOCUS Phaedra, yeah that’s
what I needed to do. FOCUS on one thing at a time…inch by
inch, minute by minute. The car behind me
blew its horn because by now the light had turned green. As we went through the light that’s when I
noticed that the black car was a Ford Focus.
I giggled to myself because it’s not unusual to see this car on the
highway. Only today did I notice it in a
special, different way.
In the parking deck at my job, I turned
off the car engine, closed my eyes, took three deep meditation breaths, said a
prayer and got out. All day, focus
flowed through me and I met the work deadlines,
I knew exactly what bills were to be paid and who cares why my ex called, I’ve
moved past that and him. I called my
mother, figured that I was blessed to have a job with such flexibility and yes,
I even remembered that I did unplug the coffee pot. All is well and I know that whatever needs to
be taken care of has already been taken care of. Such is the state of a calm mind.
It is amazing the signs spirit gives you
on a daily basis to help you when you are thrown off track. The question is can you recognize them? As for me, a little Jill, Erykah and a black
Ford Focus were the signs I needed to help me through my day.
Until next time my lovelies…Peace and
light.
Phaedra
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