The following blog post is written by Melinda and is not channeled.
You’d think I’d know this lesson by now. Always listen to spirit but yet again, I need the lesson to know that it’s true. I recently changed jobs. (Yes, I have a day job that helps my family pay the mortgage. I hope to move out of that soon and just do spiritual work but we still need to get by in the physical world, right?)
Anyway, this is the story about taking a leap of faith based upon listening to spirit. I had been unhappy in my previous job at “Company A.” I had been wanting to quit for a year or so but felt a bit trapped. Everyone talks about how hard it is to get a job and that unemployment is high and the economy is down. Plus, I have special requirements for my job. I need to work only 20 hours a week so I can be with my son after school. I was afraid I wouldn’t find another job like that. I was engaging the fear that was all around me.
A wall of fear...
Well, during this time, I kept meditating and asking what I needed to know about my current job and when I could quit. Spirit kept redirecting me and I was never given an OK to quit. So, I kept going. Time passed and there would be times when I liked my job again. That kept me going for awhile. Then something shifted in me. Two separate things happened but the shift started with me. I’ll get to those two things in a minute.
On a Friday in May, I meditated after work and again asked if I could quit my job and this time, I got a YES from spirit. I said, “Are you sure?” I double checked with spirit and got another YES. The conversation went something like this:
“But I don’t have another job. I know I set intention that I would have enough money and that this transition of jobs would flow with grace and ease. I wanted to have another job lined up before quitting.”
“You’ll have another job soon but you have to quit this one first and have faith the next won’t be far behind.”
“You gotta be kidding. I can’t just quit. What am I going to tell my husband? He’s counting on me to help financially with the mortgage. I can’t just quit.”
“Are you listening? You will have another job. Just trust. Have faith.”
Have faith...listen to spirit.
Well, I had to think about this. I had to be sure. I decided to meditate on it for three days. I heard from one of my teachers that on big decisions, you should wait three days before taking action. I meditated again on Saturday and twice on Sunday with the same result. Spirit said to quit my job and that something better would come in its place if I had faith. I know that the more I trust spirit, the better and stronger my connection to spirit becomes. So, I decided to quit. I wrote up my letter of resignation. I had worked there for four years. That was the longest I’ve worked anywhere. I printed out my letter and placed it carefully in my work bag so I could take it to my boss the next morning.
Monday morning comes. While still at home, I decide to fax my letter of resignation to Human Resources first and then give it to my boss in person. After faxing it off, I check my email on my home computer and I see a new email from a woman I’ll call Marcy. I used to work for Marcy as a consultant about 10 years ago. I liked her. I read the email and much to my surprise, Marcy said she had at least four different job openings and was I available to come and work for her? They needed people right away. Hmmmmm. Wow. I was stunned. Can spirit really work that fast? Can we manifest what we need and want that quickly?
To make a long story short, I submitted my letter of resignation to my boss that morning and by Thursday, I had a new job with this woman Marcy. I started work two and a half weeks later at this new job that paid well and where I only had to work 20 hours a week like I wanted. I’m still a little incredulous about how all of this played out and how quickly it all played out. I’m still trying to comprehend it.
Seeing beyond fear...
So back to the two things I’ve discovered about my shift. First, the shift began with me. I was in limbo and stuck in fear about this job for a year. Then I intentionally set out to stop that. I decided that this life is about choosing what I want and manifesting what I want to have happen by changing my thoughts. Your thoughts are like the mini-steps you take every day either closer to what you want or further away from it. I wrote down what I wanted in a job. I wrote down my intentions for a new job. And I changed my mind about lack and limitation. I made a choice. I chose to believe that I could find another job with my special requirements. I decided that was definitely possible. That was a huge step. Do you think I could have found another job had I not believed it possible? Probably not. So, believing was the first step.
Second, I had to listen to spirit and have faith that it would all work out. That was really hard. No—let me say that again with more emphasis—that was REALLY HARD. I felt like I was falling off a cliff and I just had to believe that I would land safely. I was taking my family with me off the edge of this cliff and that was probably the hardest part about it. I had to trust spirit. I had to trust the power of my own intention. I had to have courage. No one said spiritual work was easy and I’m understanding that a bit better now.
I’m seeing now how these spiritual principles play out in my own life and maybe by sharing my experiences here on this little blog of mine, it might help you somehow. Let me know if it does. Love and light to you on your journey.
