Shock and Awe

"If you're not in awe, you're not paying attention." ~ Erika Luckett & Lisa Ferraro, from their song Awe

I have had a wonderful opportunity to be in awe this week, but it came from intense shock. After slamming my left thumb in my car door as I shut it, thereby breaking the top bone, creating a great deal of soft tissue damage and internal bleeding as well as dislocating the joint, I was in a state of shock. I'm really squeamish, so as I saw my thumb immediately start to swell and go purple I very nearly fainted, and/or threw up.

Fortunately neither of these things happened, but that was largely to the kindness and compassion of the office workers at the place I was attending an appointment. Not wanting to miss this important appointment, I went into the office but started to realise that I may have really done some spectacular damage to my little old thumb, feeling very faint, I explained to my interviewer what had happened, she got the first aid person, another lady went next door and got some ice, and the security officer came over to make sure all was well. I was wrapped in love, kindness and compassion. My first moment of awe.

My step daughter came to collect me, took me off to hospital, where two lovely staff nurses took charge of my, gave me pain killers, got me x-rayed, lanced the nail to relieve the pressure of the internal bleeding (I know, TMI), bandaged me up and packed me off with more drugs, all within 2 hours. My second moment of awe.

My third moment of awe came when I took a box of chocolates into the office to say thank you for being so caring and compassionate. This is a government department who frequently have to deal with some challenging people and situations. I got the feeling that they don't receive many demonstrations of gratitude, and they were bowled over that I had taken the time to express my thanks. I came out of the office with tears of joy in my eyes, my small act of appreciation had made such a big difference to their day.

So what's the point?

1. Good things happen out of bad situations. I could have moaned and groaned, had a full on pity party (I did have a little one when the pain was really bad) and banged the drum of 'poor me.' Instead I took the time to seek any subconscious meaning from my injury, gave people an opportunity to express compassion and then expressed gratitude.

2. There are no accidents. Communicating with my inner self helped my to see some anger, frustration and resistance that was going on that I could have remained unaware of had this not happened.

3. Life is what you make it. No matter what is happening in your life, there is a good that can come from it, if you look for it.

So today I invite you to look for the good, even in the most painful situations. Express your love and appreciation openly and frequently, you have no idea what impact that may have on others. Be open to help and assistance even from strangers and always know you are guided and going in the best direction.

Affirmation
In this infinite now I know that everything in my life is in perfect order. I know each situation has a gift hiding within it and I choose to seek it out and treasure it. I freely express gratitude and love, I ask for help when I need it and I trust that my guidance system is always working perfectly. All is well.

In Love

Juliet x