Help comes in mysterious ways

We all have moments in our life where we wonder, we reflect about choices, our purpose, other’s intentions and whether we have taken the right path.  There are days where we know and feel that we are right where we are supposed to be in our journeys and days where we can’t wait to get off the track. There are days where we share with others our triumphs and hardships and days where we are silent.  In that silence we may ask for clarity, guidance or help.  Most of us expect help to come to us in simplistic or logical ways. We open up to our closest friends and family members or anyone that is within our circle of comfort and wait to receive sound advice.  We look for approval and praise in our tasks as solace for our own discomforts as though receiving such approval will justify that we are making the right choice.  The thing about help is that it comes in mysterious ways and when it arrives we often do not see it.  These moments are the ones that we need to embrace the most and that will allow the most growth or provide us with the insight to go forward.  Often we do not even realize that these situations and people are there to help us.  It can be the stranger  you passed in the grocery aisle that you exchange some quick words with, the people that come into your life momentarily and then leave just as quickly, the pages you stumble on in your book, the first words you are drawn to or the song that plays at just the right time.  Amongst the noise of your day to day life and events there are millions of messages that are sent our way to process and many of those moments that appear random are often not.  Be open and receptive to the the words of wisdom shared with you, the people you bump into or the situations you encounter along the ride and understand that help may not always come as you imagine it nor as quickly as you would like. Questions may take years to answer and some may never be answered at all but as Gabrielle Bernstein would say, “The Universe has your back” and hope is just around the corner. Continue reading “Help comes in mysterious ways”