Yesterday, Ducky and I had our morning walk by the bay. While Ducky assessed the seagull groups poised to engage her in a rousing game of “catch me if you can,” I watched the sun play with the water. The color and sparkle made the bay look like a field of blue lupine, heavy with dew, glittering in early light.
Billowing froths of fog gave in to a pale blue sky. A mild 10 to 15 mph wind delivered an endless stream of fresh salty air.
Ahhh.
Ducky and I walked to the end of a point and back. On the way, I had my gaze on her to make sure she didn’t get in any trouble in her pursuit of gulls. I did glance down a few times, and I was delighted to find a few agates.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with agates, they’re an aggregate of various forms of silica, mainly chalcedony quartz. They vary widely in color, and they’re pretty common. But on the beaches around here, they’re usually small, like the ones I found on the way out to the point.
On our way back from the point, Ducky had slowed some and wasn’t in the water as much. I still kept an eye on her, but I looked down more. I also watched two eagles that perched on driftwood logs nearby.
I returned my gaze to the sand and looked at my footprints heading the other way. Ducky and I had the place to ourselves, so it was fun to follow our trail back.
And that’s when I saw the big agate.
It was nestled in the sand about six inches from my footprint, which meant that I’d nearly stepped on it when we headed toward the point. And I hadn’t seen it then.
Agates of this size aren’t spectacular, but they’re rare for the bayside. And there it was, right in front of my nose.
Why didn’t I see it the first time?
My gaze was elsewhere obviously.
Or maybe it was my vibrational alignment that was different.
Abraham-Hicks says, “You are perceptual beings with different vantage points and — it does not matter how much information is given — you cannot see beyond the vibrational limits of where you are standing. You cannot live or see or experience outside of your own individual beliefs.”
Right In Front of Me
A couple days ago, Greg left a comment on the post, I’d Rather Believe In Santa Claus. He told the story of how he was having problems with one of his vendors. He thought he couldn’t do anything about it. He felt like he was “stuck with them.” Then one day he realized he didn’t have to stay with this vendor. He contacted three others and discovered they were not only were they happy to do business with him, they all had lower prices. The solution to his problem was, as he says, “right in front of me the whole time but I had no idea that I was afraid and that I was giving my power away. No idea.”
I have had a similar experience.
When I found out last August that we were in a nasty financial situation, I was terrified and angry. From that place, I couldn’t see any solutions. I flailed about doing this and that (none of which felt good). Like Greg, I felt stuck.
Then I stopped looking at the problem, and I started just appreciating what was right … even though it didn’t seem at the time that a whole lot was right.
Within a couple weeks of changing my focus, I had an idea to put my attention on the novel writing e-book I sell online. It’s been bringing in $500 to $800 a month for the last couple years, without any effort at all—no promotion … nothing. So I wonder what would happen if I actually promoted it.
I took a look at the site and the e-book and decided it needed updating. That led to a new chapter and some other tweaks. Then I suddenly got the idea to create some audio content too.
Because I hate information products that charge more because they have both audio and print versions of the same information, I wanted my audios to be additional information. I figured I could come up with a couple hours worth. Within two weeks of getting that idea, I had written and recorded 5 ½ hours worth of audio.
I don’t know yet what the outcome of all this will be, but I know that each step along the way seems to be lying on the surface in my path just like that big agate I found yesterday. I also know that my action on each step has been enjoyable and relatively easy.
When we allow ourselves to match up with who we really are by finding things to appreciate and enjoy, it’s like getting off one of those crazy saucer rides at the fair that spin you around so fast you can’t see anything and you want to throw up and getting on a gentle log flume ride that sweeps you swiftly toward better and better things.
You can’t see what you’re not in vibrational alignment with. If you want to see the people and situations that will take you to better things, you need to get in alignment with those better things. You do that by focusing on what’s good now.
The world is full of agates … and great experiences. We’re just a small vibrational shift away from finding what we want.
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For most of this year, I’ve been rudderless. With no way of steering, I’ve manually paddled in one direction then another … my gaze on the horizon, seeking work that feels right and could produce a steady income.
Nearly every morning, I take my dog for a long walk. This started with Muggins in 1992. For seventeen years, she and I began our days with walks. Ducky is now following in Muggins’ paw steps.
