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What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do
The Priceless Gift Of Awareness
He saved me, the handsome stranger, Host of the Gala in Spain when He saw me standing outside alone by a waterfall. I was crying softly. I said to him, open and vulnerable by his questioning kindness, “ I don’t know what to do.”
I had just seen my Husband dancing with her, Elena. He was so happy, so vibrant and alive. Then he disappeared with her… I was feeling once again rejected. And now hopeless because of my age. I had liked the way I looked when I went out that night. I had felt beautiful inside and out. I wore a red dress. Now I doubted myself.
The stranger said, as He led me onto the dance floor, “ Remember, you are always the most beautiful woman in the room.”
He gathered me close and swept me across the floor and then he said the words that set me free from a lifetime of confusion and self-doubt:
“It’s not about him. Dance. And let the music carry you.”
Right away I knew He was right. It brought me to the present moment where I had choices. I could feel good or not, it was up to me. I felt the fullness come back in my heart, a grand entrance. I cried again, this time tears of relief. I could feel my essence, my self-esteem settling in, filling my entire chest cavity. There was no room…