A Shiny Pink Pearl Earring.

So today I go on another long walk. Another walk not really knowing where I was going or what I was looking for. Somehow I find myself heading in the same direction. After going as far as I would go I sat down for a moment. Sometimes I ask God for a sign that I am moving in the RIGHT direction in my life. Somewhere I have read that only the Non-Believer asks for a sign that he exists. I Know he exists. I have seen Him. But as I am mostly-human sometimes my spirit needs a hint.

I sat down for a moment next to a pool and listened to the children laughing. I met a brilliant woman who had just got back from Ikea, and had a dog just like mine named Paris. When it was time for me to leave, I left. Not thinking much of anything on the way home I noticed that my earring, a shiny pink pearl earring had fallen out of my ear. I looked for a second, questioning God how could he let me lose it.

While I was in Paris I recall a day when I was trying to decide what earrings to wear. I picked up a fabulous swirly pair of ones I bought in Brazil and then put them down thinking, "if I am going to lose an earring I would really hate to lose these". I decided on wearing a pair of black and white zebra print earrings I had just bought in Africa thinking, "these only were a couple dollars". Later that day, I lost an earring. I had ATTRACTED losing an earring. I told my spirit that I would lose an earring that day, and here I was heartbroken that I had now lost an equally fabulous earring which I would never find again. Even though I had lost, I had found a much more valuable lesson about continuously giving your spirit Positive direction.

Today, I had not attracted losing any earrings.. and as these were my favorite shiny pink pearl earrings, I knew that this had to be my sign. I continued looking for awhile and had virtually given up. I spotted a young brother a little bit further down on the sidewalk, selling Che Guevara DVDs. I told him that I had just lost an earring and asked him, if he should find it could he just hold on for it to me. He smiled and looked down at his feet and retrieved my shiny pink pearl earring from the sidewalk and handed it to me.

I said thank you, and he laughed not saying a word the entire time. I journeyed home thanking God for the lesson that ALL THINGS LOST WOULD BE FOUND. Just like the Sun and the Moon go up and come down. Life is constantly moving towards the restoration of itself. It may not happen at our convenience but its happening. Water is the strongest element on earth. It could wear away a rock and sweep all that falls before it. And here we are as Men, still trying to fight against the tide. When we don't even have to turn around and go in the opposite direction, all we have to do is put down our paddles and LET GO and let God do all the work for us.


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