Talk about the magic of manifesting…. I stopped at Friendly’s Grocery this morning to pick up a newspaper. The headlines screamed: FORCASTER PUTS ODDS ON HURRICANE STRIKING VI and VITEMA PREPPED AND READY (Vitema is a local emergency organization). My heart skipped a couple of beats as I felt myself sliding down the emotional guidance scale to fear, despair and powerlessness.
I was here, in St. Thomas, for two major hurricanes, Hugo in 1989 and Marilyn in 1995. They were both very scary: before, during and afterwards.
Well, magnificent manifester that I am, I jumped up into my observational lookout station and took stock of what was happening. I could see clearly that my reptilian brain (my amygdale) was swollen to outsized proportions and had kicked into its fight or flight stance. I spoke calmly to myself, took a few really deep breaths (the sure fire way to return to the present NOW moment) and began the incremental process of shifting my focus and finding ‘positive aspects’ to what was looking like a dire situation.
I turned to page 4 of the paper and noted that there is a 28% chance that a hurricane will pass within 50 miles of the Virgin Islands and a 9% chance that it will be a major hurricane. This was feeling better already. Even a major storm 50 miles off felt a whole lot better than “…odds on hurricane striking the VI.”
I then reminded myself that newspapers are in the business of selling papers and fear sells. I got angry at the newspaper and noted that anger is much further up the scale than despair. I was heading in the right direction.
I remembered that nothing happened to my family during Hugo or Marilyn. My daughter slept through both of them. I reviewed my hurricane prep drill and made a mental note to beef up supplies and find a buff guy to help if I have to put up shutters. That was feeling better still.
I thought about what powerful vibrational beings we all are and that the energy we send out is that which we receive. I decided to picture all storms moving out to sea or dissolving mid-ocean. I gave thanks for the volcanic haze that is covering the island right now because it is supposed to deter hurricanes. I was feeling better and better and really grateful for the opportunity to do what I do best and to show you all how to use your law of attraction tool kits when the going gets rough.
As I finished filling up my car with gas I read about A RARE SIGHT – a short-eared owl who appeared out of nowhere and perched on a utility line in a housing project near me. “It did not hoot but it did turn its head around, which was weird to see.” It returned for a second night in a row and put on a display of flying around for the people in the community to see it.”
Back in business thanks to manifesting magic, a hoot owl and the power of NOW.
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