You want me to do what???

A couple of days ago a friend posted on Facebook that she’d fallen and injured herself pretty badly. We’d only met once before through a mutual friend, but I felt a resonance with her. Do you know the feeling – you meet someone and there’s an instant rapport?

So, when she shared her plight I couldn’t help but respond with an offer to bring her some essential oils to help make her feel more comfortable and support her body’s ability to heal. As soon as I heard myself make the offer I also heard a little voice in my head that said, “really, you barely know this woman and you’re willing to do that today? What about all the other things you had planned?”

It was one of those situations where I observed myself making the offer without giving it any thought. And there was no question that that was what I was being guided to do. And this certainly should not come as a surprise given that I began my day with the daily prayer from A Course in Miracles: “Where would You have me go? What would You have me do? What would you have me say, and to whom?” Talk about surrender! So, surrender I did!

My friend gratefully accepted my gesture of kindness, so I packed up some supplies and headed off in my car to deliver them to her. What happened next was truly miraculous!

When I arrived, this woman who I barely know shared with me that, like so many women, she was wonderful and giving but not as practiced at receiving. As a single mom in a helping profession she’d learned how to manage without a lot of support. Well, apparently that needed to change because, given her injury, support was very much in order.

It was heartwarming for her to experience how friends were coming out of the woodwork to help her. And the more she was willing to break out of that old familiar pattern of self-sufficiency and receive that which was being offered, the more support came her way.

But here’s the really miraculous part. Prior to my arrival my friend had just returned from an appointment with a holistic practitioner whose very last words to her were to eat some lentil soup – that it would help her heal. Synchronistically I had made a big pot of lentil soup that morning and brought her some. Needless to say she was overcome with gratitude and appreciation and completely blown away by the level of support that was being made available to her on so many levels.

And I received the gift of knowing that I was listening to the promptings of my spirit in spite of my mind’s uncertainty. And it felt wonderful. Nothing says “you’re on the right track” like receiving instant feedback supporting your actions.

So, whether you are in need support or feel a strong prompting to offer support to another trust that and take action.