Sometimes what we assume can be far from the truth

Greetings!

Memorial Day (Monday, May 27, 2019) is near. 

Yesterday I happened to remember an incident that occurred during Memorial Day weekend a year ago.

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It was Memorial Day weekend.  We went to a store to buy grocery.  Corns were on sale for 10 ears for $1.  As expected, many customers crowded around the stand.  Some people simply grabbed 10 or 20 ears of corn and went on with their shopping.  Some examined the ears of corn through the husk to make sure they were good.  Soon there were only husk and a few ears of corn that nobody wanted left on the stand.  People stood around waiting for a worker from the store to refill the stand.

A store worker came.  On the cart she pulled were five boxes of corns, two stacks of two with one box on the top.  She took a glance at the stand as well as the customers.  She did not restock the stand right away.  People waited.  She kept her eyes on the box on the top.  The other boxes had not been opened, but the one on the top was.  This box was only half full.  People waited quietly for the woman to restock the stand.  However, the woman continued to stare at the box.  On her face was a look of anger and disgust.

A supervisor of the store came.  He tried to open one of the boxes.  The woman stopped him.  With her hand pointing at the box on the top, she said in an angry low voice, "Look!  All the ears of corn were without husk.  Some people had actually eaten part of the corn!  It must be the leftover on the stand earlier.  It is disgusting!  How can we allow the customers to do that in our store?"  In a quiet voice, the supervisor calmly said, "You take out the wrong box!  This box is not near where the boxes of corn are stored.  You should not have brought it out at all."  The woman's face softened as if she realized she might be at fault.  The supervisor proceeded to open the boxes.  Meanwhile, he explained, "Our produce comes from different suppliers.  We buy produce from local farmers too.  It is the store policy to have a team overseeing the produce department.  The team makes sure we maintain the high quality and freshness of the produce we sell.  They routinely sample fruit or other produce.  If the quality is not good enough, we may not buy from those suppliers again.  This is the box of corn that the team used for sampling."  Quickly, they worked together to fill the stand with fresh ears of corn.

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The woman worker, seeing the corn in the half full box, automatically assumed it was the customers' doing.  Believing that her assumption was right or was the only possibility, she formed a harsh judgment toward the customers.  As she did, she was filled with disgust.  She thought she had the right to feel disgusted, and failed to realize she was the one that suffered (from this emotion).

I appreciated the way the supervisor handled the situation.  He did not come by the corn stand by accident.  Many employees might not know there were cameras everywhere.  I hope the store did not judge the woman because of this incident.

I found this incident meaningful and worth sharing.  As human beings, we often blamed others for our chaotic emotions such as 'I am so angry because you make me'.  We claimed these strong negative emotions as if, in doing so, we won over those that made us feel this way.  We did not really win over a situation or a relationship by acting this way.  We could choose how to react or look at a situation with discernment.  It helped to take a deep breath, ask ourselves to calm down and look at what happened with a clear mind.

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In life, we react to what we see or hear.  In our mind, we draw conclusions believing our assumptions / reasoning must be right.  As it is shown in the above case, sometimes what we see, hear or assume can be far from the truth.

Love and Blessings,

Q of D

P.S.  This post was published in 2019.  Somehow I felt I should publish it again today.

We can be the love and support to one another

Greetings!

In Is our thought a secret known only to ourselves? , I shared a few incidents where thought was received and acknowledged.  Below was another incident that happened not long ago.

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Due to Covid-19, most events have gone online instead of in person.   The last time I went to a gathering was over two months ago.  That day I stayed there for six and a half hours because there were three different events.  Some people came for one or two events.  When the last event began, it was late afternoon.  I saw some new faces as well as those that had chosen to stay for all the events like me.

The last event was facilitated by a young woman.  I had not met her before.  I could feel her purity and truthfulness.  It was no wonder the Ascended Master(s) and other divine beings worked with her or through her to assist humanity at this time.  Of course, what happened in her life was divinely planned.  Her amazing life changing story captivated us.  We listened with joy as if we were part of her experience.  During activations, I could feel the powerful energy of the ascended masters and beings that came through her.

When the gathering was over, some people surrounded her to talk to her.  It was a wonderful session.  I had heard she flew in from another state to host the event, but was not sure if that was the case.  I wanted to thank her before I left because we might not meet again.  At that moment, she happened to look in my direction.  I smiled and softly said 'thank you'.  Unexpectedly, she pointed at me and said, "It was her!  I was so nervous.  It was because of her that I could continue my talk.  Every time I looked in her direction, she smiled.  She kept sending me love and encouragement.  I could feel her love.  Thank you!"  Everybody looked back at where I was.  I said, "You did great!  Thank you for sharing with us your story.  Thank you for the activations."

Indeed, she did great.  She was a little nervous in the beginning, and might not have noticed we were listening to her story with excitement.  I sent her love, and mentally let her know that she was doing great.  I believed some that were present sent her love and support too.  Unlike in Who Smiles? Who Sees? in which I doubted if I had smiled, I was really smiling on that day.  We all laughed when she related the funny incident of how the Ascended Master made his presence known.

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As I was writing this post, I thought of a sister.  She moved on in Oct. 2017.  There was a time she and a brother held monthly meetings in the basement of an office building.  During one meeting, the brother said the sister would facilitate the next meeting alone because he had to attend to something.  The sister said she would talk about how to self-publish a book.

There were about 15 to 20 people that came regularly to the meeting.  In view of the subject of the talk, I thought it was likely some people might not come.  I decided to go to the meeting even though I had not thought of publishing a book.  I loved and respected the sister.  I went there to show my support.  

As expected, only a few came to the meeting.  They wanted to learn more as how to self-publish a book.  One young woman wanted to publish picture books for children.  She showed us some of her drawings.  She was quite gifted in drawing.  When it was my turn, I said I did not think I could / would publish a book.  The sister looked into my eyes.  She said, "Oh!  You are here to show your love and support."  This sister was very intuitive.  With her giving nature, she was loved by many.  (Please view The master healer had stepped out of the physical world )

In the last couple of months, I attended online events with the same intention of love and support.  Oftentimes, I felt a surge of energy when I joined an online meeting.  Sometimes powerful energy poured from above into my crown chakra and vibrated through my entire being just as I sat among people in person.

The powerful love is in you and in me.  We can send love and receive love.  We can all be the love and support to one another.

Many blessings,

Q of D