April 21, 2011: Workshop

Hola, All! In February I signed up to do a workshop called 'Guidance from Above' at Cathedral of Light; the workshop was supposed to take place April 16. Then, things started happening in my life...........such as cracking and having my tooth yanked out, my mom breaking her hip and having to go to rehab,and Kim and Austin visiting for two weeks. The last one was the only one that was pleasurable! I started feeling that I was going to have to cancel the workshop. That feeling became reality when I realized that I was going to have to pick mom up from the rehab in Round Rock and take her to a very nice assisted living/memory center in Belton. Of course, this happened the same week as my workshop. At that point, I cancelled the workshop, thinking that possibly I could do it at a later date. I wasn't upset because I needed to put all of my positive energy on having a pleasant experience moving mom to another place that she was going to have to adjust to. I'm sure it must be hard for someone who's memory is right on some days and out the window on other days. Last July she moved into the retirement center, after having lived in the same house for almost 40 years. Then she broke her hip and was moved from the hospital to the rehab center; now, another adjustment but this time she will be behind locked doors. That is why I needed all the positive energy that I could muster. After moving mom, I was drained for 2 days, and was so glad that I had the foresight to cancel the workshop. But, at Toastmasters on April 16, I gave an impromtu speech about Guidance from Above! I cancelled the workshop only to give an extremely short (7 minute) speech on the same topic. That was really fun! I gave the workshop no more thought until today. This morningI attended a book study, 'The Way of Mastery' which is led by Rev Kay, an 85 year young very wise woman who speaks to and hears from Jesus regularly. All during class I thought that she was looking at me more than usual. Of course, she makes eye contact with eveyone in the class; it just seemed different to me today. Maybe it's because I wanted to talk to her about things that were on my mind. After class I hung around to tell her that I wanted to visit with her sometime. But, even before I could say anything, she hugged me and told me that my workshop wasn't cancelled, only postponed. I was taken aback because the workshop wasn't even on my mind. Then, she repeated that Jesus had told her that it wasn't the right time for my workshop and that it would happen at a later date! I can't tell you how good it felt to have the workshop validated! I plan to visit with Rev Kay next week, and I'm sure that we will have a delightful time getting to know each other.
Listen to your inner voice,
Dawnie