Dear Friends,
Things happen in our lives that really can throw us off course. Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, the earthquakes in Mexico, and all the wildfires surrounding us are examples of devastating occurrences that affect our lives, our health, and our emotional well being. Even if we are not directly involved in the tragedies, they affect us on an energetic level. Watching the news of stranded suffering humans and animals touches us at our core whether we know it or not.
Recently, I found out my garage had significant water damage. I knew that I had water damage to the window and door frame and had planned on getting those areas repaired. Then by accident I discovered that the walls on the back side of my garage and part of the side were water damaged as well. They looked fine and were on the part of the garage that borders my gazebo and were not a part of the garage I walked by very often. However, I did happen to walk by the backside one afternoon a few weeks ago. I lost my balance and put my hand up to brace myself on the wall and it crunched. Hmmm, I’m no carpenter but I was sure walls were not supposed to crunch!!
I immediately started calling contractors to give me bids on the repairs. I have to say it was a bit frustrating in that several people did not call me back. If they did call me back and left a message, I couldn’t call them back and leave them a message because their voice mail was full! This happened several times. Someone who worked for me in the past did respond and he and another gentleman came out to survey the damage. The words coming out of his mouth was “this is not good”! I’m so glad he wasn’t a doctor I was going to see! Luckily I knew him fairly well and knew that he wasn’t trying to make it sound bad on purpose.
l then had my handyman come out over the weekend and we spent a few hours taking apart the drywall in several areas that were most “crunchy” so that we could get an idea of what was going on inside the walls and ceiling. We were able to determine that there was a leak in the roof. Oh boy, this was going from bad to worse it seemed. The insurance company denied my claim. The insurance adjuster stated that any bids between 10 and 20,000 dollars would not be unreasonable. One contractor who came out thought that $25,000 could be a possibility after they got into the project and surveyed just how much damage there was. And then my request for an increase in my line of credit was denied. What was I going to do? I couldn’t even imagine what the people in the hurricanes and earthquakes are going through, if this project was turning into such a fiasco!
However, here is what I really want to share. As my handyman and I pulled apart the drywall we discovered some wires in the wall in 2 different areas that were not up to code. He was visibly upset and stated that if there had been one spark from the wires the whole garage could have caught on fire. In fact, when moving the wires a little bit, they did spark and shorted out the fuse. Luckily there was no insulation there as we had taken it out. My house is attached to the garage so a fire there could be disastrous! Since then, several other people have had that same reaction when seeing these wires.
It dawned on me, that if the water damage had not gone to this extent I never would have discovered those wires. I never would have started taking off the drywall in that specific area. When I had this realization, I felt a tremendous shift in my energy. Instead of feeling somewhat victimized by the situation, I all of a sudden felt deep gratitude that this issue of the wires was found. Instead of feeling like a victim, I all of a sudden experienced how protected I was.
After having this epiphany above, things started falling into place. Contractors started calling me back. The bids started going down instead of up. I was able to advocate for myself and the denial for my line of credit increase was overturned and I was able to obtain what I requested. The feeling of being a victim to feeling protected completed shifted my energy so that I could get the help I needed.
I have been pondering over all those souls in Texas, Florida and Mexico. I’m wondering how many of those people feel like victims to mother nature. It would be so difficult to not feel this way. My hope is that they can keep up their energy and find the treasures that are around them. Even discovering the tiniest of things to be grateful for can make a big difference. Some people are finding sparks of hope and love. I have seen it as I am sure you have as well. Some people are very grateful to those helping them. Others are in shock and others are angry. Every one of these emotions are normal in these kinds of tragedies. It is important to work through these feelings so that the energy can keep moving in a more positive direction.
My situation is not nearly as dire as so many of those people who were in the hurricanes, earthquakes and fires. Yet, it has caused me to reflect about how important it is to find the gifts in things that happen to us. Even the smallest piece of gratitude or change in perspective can make huge shifts in what is occurring in our lives. There is always a gift in anything that happens to us, no matter what it is!
At one time, I worked as a hospice nurse with the terminally ill. I took care of people who found tremendous healing in relationships as they went through their journey. They didn’t necessarily get physically better, however they passed from this earth with enhanced peace and happiness. This was a beautiful transformation to witness as I shared in their transition.
I am wishing all of you during these challenging times, peace that comes from a change in perspective, happiness that comes from finding new gifts in the difficult things happening, and joy in knowing that life is always trying to get us to a better place. It might seem like a crazy way to go about this journey, such as having to have damage to my garage walls in order to find the wires that were not safe. However, along the way, life shows us it has our backs so to speak.
My heart goes out to all of those people who have been shaken by mother nature and to all those who are shaken by life in general. I am sending out a big energetic embrace of love and strength. My best advice is to keep putting one foot in front of the other and find things to be grateful for no matter how small. Eventually those steps will lead you to something that could end up being so much better than you ever could have imagined. You could find yourself moving down and walking paths you never would have embraced if life hadn’t thrown you a curveball!
Namaste,
Rosemary
nice reminders for us all, thanx hun