My
Journey continues: I
go into a curio shop and browse. In
there is an old guy that looks like he has many years of practice at besting
his customers. I’m ready for my old
foe.
My
browsing pays off. There hidden at the back of the shop is an
old Group Of Seven painting being sold for the value of the frame only, $25
bucks. It is worth thousands.
Imagine
my good fortune. How lucky can
I be all in one day! I thank God for his
special gift.
I purchase it and make a beeline for the door and
run. I’m so proud of me for being so shrewd and wise and besting the old boy
at his game. Then I sense this thing
beside me again. Neither male nor female, just a Presence.
I sense It
there, very profound in Its silence,
and I begin to recognize the truth of what I have just done. I feel ashamed. It is healthy shame.
So back to the “curio” shop I go. I fess up.
I tell the old fellow what a find I made hidden at the back of his
shop. I return the painting to him. I
see his eyes light up with gratitude and tears.
He says to me that he has had to work all these years, long past a time
when most would retire, because his grandson needed an education. He was the only one who could possibly
provide that education. Now he can both
retire and give his grandchild the education he has always wanted.
For
the first time in my life I am proud of my actions; actually proud of what I have done for this old
man and for myself. We shake hands in
true friendship.
Experience Has
Taught Me
That when I trust my
guidance,
It will tell me what
to do.
Imagine that
Guidance That
Actually Works!
Have you ever won but lost yourself in the
process?
Have you ever had the fortune to turn a situation
around where it appeared that you had seemingly lost but really won in the long
run?
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