Dear Friends,
Last week my mail was stolen a couple times out of my mailbox. It was a bit disheartening. I knew that mail theft had been a big issue in my community. In the past, when these kind of things happened, I would ask myself what attracted the situation to me. And yet, as a dear friend of mine and spiritual teacher Melody Jones shares, sometimes it is not always just ourselves creating a situation but rather there is a co-creation with the divine occurring.
First, however, I decided to look within myself to see if there were any old tapes of victimization going on. I remember years ago a spiritual teacher telling me that when we are really clear about certain things we don’t attract issues around them. For instance, if someone you love has a contagious illness and you were neutral and not afraid of catching it, there is a good chance you would be safe from experiencing this disease.
Shortly around the time of the above conversation with my teacher, I saw a picture of a hillside community in California where all the houses but one were completely destroyed in a fire. This particular house was untouched and was centered in the middle of the hillside with every house around it burned down. That situation was such an incredible affirmation of what this teacher was sharing with me. I was so curious about the people that lived in that untouched house. What kind of thought processes did they have around fire, natural disasters etc? Or did they hold firm to the belief that life is good to them. Or perhaps they carried within themselves a strong feeling that just because something happened to someone else, it did not have to happen to them? Or did they believe that they were always safe and protected?
Secondly, I thought about this issue of co-creating with the divine. If this was a co-creation than I asked myself what was my part in this creation. One thing I realized was that I was able to communicate with the neighbors about the theft as I was clear I had a package delivered and knew the exact time of the delivery on the 2 separate days. When I returned home my mailbox was empty both times. If I did not have that clarity, my neighbors and I would not have known what had occurred and would not have been able to take steps to remedy this situation.
I also have a mantra that I often say to myself, which is “All is Well”. If this is the case, than all is well in this situation too. In fact, I had communication for the first time in 4 years with 3 different neighbors in my same cul de sac . We were able to exchange offers to help each other out in this situation and in the future.
The other thing that occurred, which still makes me laugh, and brought lightness to the whole situation is a conversation with the post man that went almost exactly like this:
Me: “I’d like to find out about getting a locked mailbox and how this works.”
Postman: “You buy a mailbox and put it up.”
Me: “Yes, but how does the mailman get the mail into the box.”
Post man: (sounding irritated): “He’s a mailman!:
Me: “Okay, but how does he get the mail into the locked box. Do I give him a key?”
Postman: “No! He’s a mailman, he can do it!!”
Me: (At this point, I’m a bit perplexed and normally would be irritated but I was finding it a bit humorous): “Well, if the mailman can get the mail into the box, can’t someone else get the mail out?”
Postman: “No!! He’s the mailman!!”
Me: “Well, does this mailman have super powers??” (I’m laughing inside as my dad was a mailman for over 30 years. Maybe he had super powers too he never told me about!)
Postman: (Not finding the humor in the conversation and still sounding very irritated), “He’s the mailman, he just opens the box and puts the mail in.”
Me: “I guess I’ll have to wait and look at the mailboxes and see what I can figure out.”
Postman: “That is a good idea!”
I shared this conversation with several people including my neighbors and they all said they couldn’t figure out how the mailman got the mail in the box either unless there was some sort of master key. Phew, glad it wasn’t just me!!
The reason I’m sharing this communication with the postman with you is to show how we can “lighten up” about things that happen to us. I could have become very distrustful, and held onto my anger at the person/people involved in stealing my mail. I could have become angry at myself for “having created this situation”. And I could have become very irritated at this postman who obviously was not going to give me much information. I did find some victim energy patterns still inside myself which I energetically cleared. But the bottom line is some good things came from this mail theft experience and I have a funny story to tell and am still laughing about it today.
Occurrences happen to us that are not fun! But if we stay neutral as much as we can, and trust if possible, then we might just find that the divine is leading us to where we need to go. And if we stay light in our hearts and minds, we might even find something to laugh about.
Wishing you all, lightness of being, and laughter every day!
Lots of love,
Rosemary