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I am an "accidental blogger". When I launched my writing career in March of 2014, one of the things that I decided to include was my journaling, which I have always found to be a comforting and therapeutic endeavor.  It was a big risk to open myself up in such a public forum, but it has taught me that, for the most part, we share far more experiences than we think. It's comforting to know I'm not alone!  (*the "Button Text" is the link to my first novel)
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Day Thirty-nine: A Psychic Encounter

12/11/2014

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"I'm not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it." ~Erica Cook

A lot of people are skeptical of the spiritual, paranormal, astrophysical, mediums, psychics, and a litany of other things that cannot be explained using concrete absolutes. I am not one of those people. I believe that anything we can imagine is possible, however unlikely it seems. But I totally get the skepticism. The world does not lack in charlatans (...love that word) who prey on the vulnerable, nor is there a shortage of people who feel lost, lonely and in search of guidance/answers. Most of the people I know or have spoken to are looking for something, and I think the holiday season magnifies this. With a new year fast approaching, we wonder things more than ever. Are we on the right path? What else is there? The questions doubts and second-guessing are an endlessly steady stream.

A couple of days ago, I sent three of my own "burning questions" to a highly recommended astrologist/numerologist/psychic. I'd been wanting to do this for a long time, but didn't trust just anyone (...and it wasn't time before NOW, something I understand more than I can explain). Last night she sent me her results and I sat, shaking, crying while I read them. I don't know what I was hoping for, besides answers of course, but what I got still boggles my mind. Heck, most of what she told me were things deep down I already knew. But as she put it, sometimes we just need confirmation, someone to tell us, "You're getting there. Keep going." I trust my faith, my instincts, and the Universe to know where my steps "ought to go" and whom to keep close in my life, though i don't always listen (...never a good thing)! Today I am happy beyond words that my little internal compass is pointed the "right way". I am happy to feel less self-doubt than I have in a long time and delighted to have finally silenced all of the outside voices who criticize or judge me. Only YOU know where you've come from, where you're standing right N-O-W and why. And only YOU can decide what's next. Will we get it right every time? Absolutely not! But this, too, is part of the journey. 

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    I grew up in rural North Carolina. When I was only nineteen, I moved away and became a military wife. My only aspiration at that tender time in my life was to create an adult life that "fixed" all of the "injustices" of my childhood. Secretly, however, I wanted to reach for the sky! I wanted to be a writer and find ways to "save the world" (my mother used to say, "You have Save the World Syndrome".). Mostly, I wanted to matter.

    Since then, I have learned to reach well beyond what I ever dared to think was possible. I've learned not to allow fear to stop me from whatever future I want to create!

    What keeps me grounded? My Tribe! What provides the wind beneath my wings? A well of reserves filled with unstoppable passion!

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  • Blog: From the Front Porch
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    • Children's Books
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