Hello beautiful soul!
I've been getting facials since I was a graduate student. Whether it was to address acne, prepare my skin for my wedding, or just for the sheer pleasure of it, I LOVE getting a good facial.
Sixteen years ago, I lay on an esthetician's bed in a darkened room as a lovely blonde woman massaged oils and potions into my skin. Her name was Kate and I didn't know her well.
So, it came as a surprise to me when her stepson (who is living) came through with a channeled message to give her. I was pretty new to the world of channeling and this was one of the first times that a soul had visited me during an appointment.
I tried to ignore him. He persisted. I pleaded with him to visit me later and I'd find a way to share his message. He wouldn't budge.
He kept at it:
Tell her how much she means to me.
Tell her how much I love and appreciate everything she does for me.
Tell her she's one of the only people who truly sees me.
I finally gave in. I took a deep breath and with a shaky voice, I said
"You have a son, right?"
"Yes," she said.
"Well, is it ok with you if I share something that I sense his soul wants to tell you?"
I braced myself for rejection. I didn't know Kate well enough to know if we shared the same spiritual beliefs. I never told her that I was learning to channel. We didn't have a history of trust to draw upon.
My worst fear was that she would stop the facial and ask me to leave. I'd have to walk out of there with goopy products all over my face and drive home in shame.
Her hands paused in their motion on my face.
"Sure, I'd like to hear it" she said.
The words spilled out of my mouth in a rush. I kept my eyes closed the whole time. I didn't want to see her facial expression. I kind of wanted to pretend I wasn't even there.
When I finished the message he wanted me to convey, she was thoughtful and deliberate in her response.
"You know, I kind of knew that he felt that way about me but he's never told me that. It is really nice to hear it from his soul. And it sounds like the words he would use. Thank you for sharing that."
She resumed my facial and I waited for the sweat circles under my arms to dry out.
Fast forward two months later. I returned for another facial. Kate ushered me into her spa and instructed me to sit down and pushed a greeting card into my hands. "Read this!" she insisted.
I opened the card. It was a birthday card that her step-son had given her just 2 weeks after our channeled message. Inside the card, in a teenager's scrawl, were the exact words his soul had me speak to her just a couple months earlier.
My body broke out in chills.
I couldn't believe it.
But, also, I could.
Kate said, "You have a gift. I am so grateful you shared it with me. Please tell me when you are ready to start seeing clients because I have many people I want to send your way."
Kate wasn't kidding. I can trace my first 100 clients back to her. I have Kate to thank for my thriving channeling practice. Word of mouth is a powerful thing.
I share this story with you because I want you to know that it takes courage to step into your gifts and respond to your soul's calling. We don't have to wait until we feel courageous to show courage. I certainly didn't feel courageous as I lay supine in a dark room with an almost-stranger.
Who knows how my life would have unfolded had I not taken the risk to share what was being asked of me?
What courage can you show in your own life that might change your trajectory or the trajectory of someone/something bigger than you?
