Wednesday 26 March 2014

Disconnected ~ 12/52


On a Friday I work just a minute's walk from the beach. Last Friday in particular I knew my body and heart were calling for me to set a little time aside, to be by the water and just be, to write for me and focus on my highest priorities. But I decided on the responsible option of working for three hours and spending twenty minutes for me by the sea afterwards. 

The universe had other ideas. As I sat down to work, my laptop took forever to boot up. Then my mobile phone reception went dead - in a place where I always have full reception. Finally my laptop was up and running, but I couldn't connect to the wireless internet. A few more attempts, and 30 minutes later I was online and ready to write. Then I popped my USB into the laptop and the laptop found nothing. I tried again, and again. Nothing. I persisted with the work, doing as much as I could without access to the files I needed, and then finally I gave up.

And trusted that working perhaps wasn't what I was meant to be doing at that very moment. I packed up and walked to the beach. I lay down, closed my eyes and listened to the sounds of the birds and water. But after I while I could only hear the quiet rhythm of my breath. 


Later I checked my phone - full reception. Sometimes I think the universe has a way of forcing us in the direction we deep down know we're meant to be. I see now how much I needed that disconnection from technology on that day, to reconnect fully with the essence of me.

xx

Any messages from the universe headed your way lately?

{This image is part of my photo project "by the sea" series for this year ~ a place I come to stop and just be, and to honour me. More by the sea posts here.}
 

11 comments:

  1. I admire how much you hear the universe talking to you, I only sometimes hear but would like to be more mindful to hear more. It sounds like your time was greatly appreciated. xxx

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  2. Wow, that's amazing Elisa! I don't think I'm in sync with the universe as much as you, so tend to miss its cues. However, yesterday I took a few minutes just to do something for myself and felt happier afterwards. xx

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  3. Awesome that you listened - i get messages ALL the time and try to let them be honoured. Right now I was feeling for weeks that I needed to switch from the business coach I hired. Thanks to an email newsletter from someone I felt drawn to a lady in Mexico of all places. I signed up for a 90 minute session (free and related to something i had been thinking about lately anyway) which is next week. Then today I clicked through to a site I enjoy and there was my Mexican lady guest posting. Having not heard of her ever before I said "ok Universe I hear you" (yes i said it out loud) as I take it as a strong message to check her out for real.

    I am highly intuitive so do tend to take on board "coincidences", patterns that come out of nowhere, "odd developments" (like your day) and so on as messages from the Universe.

    I love listening to the sound of water and birds at the sea! I hope you got your work done later and saw that you could take care of you first - love to you xxx

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  4. Extremely well written! Making me a tad jealous - but I cannot bear silence in the home, even when I nap/crash out!! xox

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  5. What a lovely message to be sent, so nice to take some time out and recentre.

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  6. I crave this kind if calm, Elisa. Then I wonder if I wasn't so preoccupied with chasing it, I may have let such a moment slip by without me noticing...

    I'm loving your new profile image too, by the way. X

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  7. It was truly meant to be. I'm envious of your ability to shut out the outside noises as this is something I struggle to do. What a beautiful moment x

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  8. I have a feeling the universe is telling me to take a break - but there is no time for that!

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  9. I think the universe often tries to talk to us … the secret is to listen!

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  10. So wonderful that you listened, Elisa! That really is the trick, knowing when to take those messages on board xx

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  11. I totally trust in the universe and the messages it sends us and my specil soul filling place is by the water too xx

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