Have you ever.....

Have you ever had a thought, idea or daydream going on in your mind that you find is still tumbling around in there for days and weeks later. This is what started to happen after Frank (my hubby) suggested I went to Alaska in March to see Cheryl Richardson on a cruise. I didn't want to go (too cold) and I wasn't ready to leave my family again, not even for a week. I would find myself driving over the mountain with the kids carrying on behind me so deep in my thoughts of my book and ideas of helping others, sometimes I wondered how I got home. I had all these ideas popping up and I didn't know what to do with them.




In June we had our annual preschool dance. It was a HUGE night! Quite a few wines were consumed. At some stage, late in the night I started talking to Bec, we were swapping stories and then these ideas of mine tumbled out. Bec was really interested. I woke in the morning and thought was that for real? Was there actually someone in the Valley who gets what I am thinking? There are only like 1000 people living here!



With busy lives Bec and I only ran into each other after that promising we must get together soon. Bec was heading OS for a few weeks so the timing wasn't right. Little did I realise I was heading OS too.



My bless-ed parents phoned me one afternoon and announced they were heading OS in 2 weeks time. I was very happy for them and said YAY for them for being so spontaneous. They were very excited and were full of news of their plans. I hung up the phone from listening to them and thinking how great it was and feeling slightly envious of their spontaneity. I decided to check my emails and opened one from Hay House. These words leaped out at me from the screen.



YOU CAN DO IT! YOU CAN PUBLISH YOUR BOOK!



I was a bit surprised to have been sent such a direct message. The universe had read my mind. I showed Frank and we realised this was the cruise in Alaska he'd mentioned months before. It had more than one program available on it. The cruise started to consume my thoughts and I talked with Frank about it on and off for a couple of days. Frank went away for the weekend and within minutes of returning home he asked if I was going to Alaska. I said yes I think I need to go. The next days were filled with making bookings and organising. It felt surreal for me to be the one heading off on such an adventure, I am usually the one who stays home.



Two short weeks later we piled in the car and my bless-ed family drove me to the airport. All the way I wanted to say if you don't want me to go it is okay. I had never travelled that far before on my own. It felt so strange that I was going. After a teary goodbye to my bless-eds I walked through the doors to customs and stepped into my newest side trip :)



Messages are there for you and you just need to recognise them and act!



Cathryn