Last Friday when I posted the blog on “Life Lessons,” I actually had a great experience that reinforced another Life Lesson, too. It has a Christmas theme about it, so I share it today as a positive Holiday message.
I was feeling a bit down that Friday morning. Mainly I was feeling very alone. En route to my regular weekly writing session at a cafe in Castle Rock, Colorado, I stopped along the way at a Village Inn restaurant for a breakfast I could eat with my low carb diet.
Writing can make me feel lonely some times. It is a paradox that an activity someone uses to communicate with a wide range of people is accomplished by practical necessity in relative isolation. Even when you work with a writing partner or share a writing session with a friend working on their own project as I occasionally do, the self-discipline of writing requires the sort of mental focus and concentration that to some extent excludes the world around you. That’s why I choose to write in a public space when I can; at least there are others in the background environment while I immerse in the ideational process.
So, that Friday morning en route to a solo writing session, I had a fine breakfast and prepared to move on up the road. I asked the waitress for the bill. She smiled and said mysteriously:
“You can forget about it. Someone has already taken care of it.”
I was dumbfounded. What did she mean?
“Somebody paid for your meal. He didn’t want me to say who he was.”
Oh, my! I asked if I could at least leave a tip but she waved it off, saying he had covered that quite well too.
“Did he have a white beard, with a jolly big belly and a red and white suit?” I joked.
“He did have a beard,” the waitress replied.
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I left the restaurant feeling thankful for this unexpected gift. It was more than a free meal in mid-December. It was a reminder from Spirit, I do believe, that I am/we are never truly alone.
Lovely story but did it actually happen? In my part of the world one would tend to be suspicious.
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Yes it absolutely did happen! Isn’t that nice? I have no idea who the benefactor was or even if maybe they bought everyone’s meal that morning, but they were definitely a vehicle for Spirit to me that day.
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What a lovely thing to happen to remind you/us that Spirit is always around and within us. Tho things like this may not happen alot, they DO happen, and sharing this spreads that energy and Light. What a great gift to you from Spirit! You deserved it too! Blessings and Happy Holidays!
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Happy Holidays!
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I hope your holiday was lovely! Blessings!
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Thanks, it was fine. A nice meal with friends and out to look at lights. I hope yours was also lovely as we enter another yearly cycle of Blessings!
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Glad to hear that! This year was light and simple, exactly what we wanted. And now, on to the New Year! 🙂
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